Sweden reopened an investigation into a rape allegation against WikiLeaks founde...
STOCKHOLM - Sweden reopened an investigation into a rape allegation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday and will seek to extradite him from Britain, a potential setback to efforts by the United States to put him on trial over a huge release of secret documents.
The United States is also seeking to extradite him on conspiracy charges relating to the public release by Wikileaks of a cache of secret documents, including assessments of foreign leaders, wars and security matters. A British judge has given the U.S. government a deadline of June 12 to outline its case against Assange.
If Assange was taken to the United Sattes, this would likely rule out his facing trial in Sweden due to the statute of limitation. “We are not going to give up until a charge is brought and the case goes to court,” lawyer Elisabeth Massi Fritz told a news conference. “How that will happen now, I don’t know. He has his hands full with, for him, much more important issues, namely avoiding being extradited to the U.S.”
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