U.S. President Joe Biden said on April 10 he’s mulling ending the prosecution of Julian Assange.
“We’re considering it,” President Biden told reporters at the White House in Washington.
President Biden was answering a question asked by a journalist about Mr. Assange, the founder of Wikileaks. The president did not provide further details.
Mr. Assange, 52, is facing charges in the United States over allegations he illegally helped U.S. Army analyst Bradley Manning obtain classified information, and then disclosed that information.
Wikileaks published a trove of materials on the U.S. military and the Middle East, including a video showing troops manning drones gunning down a Reuters employee and civilians. The trove included the identities of human sources….
