Assange’s extradition battle put off until September

Julian Assange’s extradition hearing is set to be adjourned until September due to the coronavirus pandemic as a court heard he faces a ‘David and Goliath battle’ against the US government. The Wikileaks founder, 48, is ‘facing the full power’ of the White House in a prosecution which has been influenced by Donald Trump, according to his barrister Edward Fitzgerald, QC. Assange is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to expose military secrets…