The Australian also faces a U.S. extradition warrant for allegedly conspiring to hack into a Pentagon computer. Sweden recently reopened the 2010 rape case against Assange. Swedish authorities have had to shelf it because Assange was living at the embassy at the time and there was no prospect of bringing him to Sweden. Per E. Samuelson, Assange’s Swedish lawyer, told the Associated Press earlier this month that the decision to reopen the rape case is "outrageous." Persson said Monday that British authorities will decide any conflict between a European arrest warrant and U.S. extradition request for Assange.

Source: Fox News May 20, 2019 07:41 UTC