Assange lawyer in Covid scare

Julian Assange’s extradition hearing was halted after concerns one of the lawyers on the case may have the Covid-19 virus. The Wikileaks founder, 49, is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to expose military secrets between January and May 2010. Washington DC-based attorney Eric Lewis was due to testify today (thurs) but District Judge Vanessa Baraitser excused him and called a case management hearing instead. The husband of a junior lawyer has come…