British Judge Denies Request to Delay Julian Assange Extradition Case for 3 Months

On October 21, 2019, during a case management hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court, District Judge Vanessa Baraitser denied Mark Summers’ request, counsel for Julian Assange, to delay the extradition proceedings three months.  The next case management hearing will occur on December 19. The full extradition hearing will start February 25, 2020.[1] The U.S. charged Assange with 17 new counts under the Espionage Act for conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Cheslea Manning to unlawfully encourage, receive, and publish national defense information.[2]