Biden faces growing pressure to drop charges against Julian Assange
by Eric Lichtblau from World news | The Guardian on (#66R3E)
Biden faces a renewed push, domestically and internationally, to drop charges against Assange, who is languishing in a UK jail
The Biden administration has been saying all the right things lately about respecting a free and vigorous press, after four years of relentless media-bashing and legal assaults under Donald Trump.
The attorney general, Merrick Garland, has even put in place expanded protections for journalists this fall, saying that a free and independent press is vital to the functioning of our democracy".
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