British Judge Overseeing Extradition Case of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Worked for Defense Industry
Shane Trejo
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is currently facing an extradition case in Britain after being charged with felonies under the Espionage Act by the United States, and one of the judges overseeing the case has a glaring conflict of interest.
A report from Declassified UK peered into the records of Justice Jeremy Johnson, a judge overseeing Assange’s extradition case, and found that Johnson once worked for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and their Ministry of Defence, their nation’s version of the Deep State.
While working as an attorney in 2007, Johnson represented the MI6 to protect the agency amidst inquires regarding the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed. At the time, Johnson was described as an attorney who “does an enormous amount of often sensitive work” for the British government. Johnson also worked for the Ministry of Defence to protect Brtitish military personnel who were accused of torturing and murdering Iraq prisoners back in 2004.
Johnson will be sitting with his superior judge, Dame Victoria Sharp, to oversee the Assange extradition case. Entertainer and social commentator Russell Brand commented on the news during a recent episode of his video podcast:
As it’s discovered that the judge set to rule on the Assange extradition case was previously paid to represent the interests of MI6 and the Ministry of Defence – whose activities WikiLeaks has exposed – what are the chances of a fair hearing for Julian Assange? pic.twitter.com/Yjlv8HJWwG
— Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) February 23, 2024
Big League Politics has reported on the Biden regime rejecting appeals to end the persecution of Assange on human rights’ grounds:
“US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has confirmed that the Biden regime will be doubling down on their ongoing prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with the Espionage Act.
Blinken paid lip service to “the concerns and views of Australians,” but asserted that Assange’s journalism “risked very serious harm to our national security, to the benefit of our adversaries, and put named human sources at grave risk – grave risk – of physical harm, and grave risk of detention.”
Blinken added that Assange has been “charged with very serious criminal conduct” and facilitated “one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of our country.”
Blinken made the case despite the pleas from the Australian government to release Assange. Assange was born in Austalia.
“We have made clear our view that Mr. Assange’s case has dragged on for too long,” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Saturday. “We’ve said that publicly and you would anticipate that that reflects also the position we articulate in private.”’
The corrupt system is desperately trying to make an example of Assange. This is a direct attack on free speech and legitimate journalism because Assange exposed many corporate and government crimes.
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