Julian Assange’s lawyer says Obama still hasn’t met standards for extradition promise
A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that President Barack Obama hasn’t met Assange’s standards for a promise to face extradition, something WikiLeaks claimed he would do if Obama granted whistleblower Chelsea Manning clemency. Yesterday, Obama commuted Manning’s sentence from 35 years to just over seven years, meaning she should be released in May. But according to a statement in The Hill, attorney Barry Pollack says that while Assange “welcomes” the reduction of Manning’s sentence, Obama’s actions are “well short of what he sought.”
“Mr. Assange had called for Chelsea Manning to receive clemency and be released immediately,” said Pollack. WikiLeaks announced the deal in a tweet last September, saying that “if Obama grants…
