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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Priti Patel signs order to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to US

Home Secretary Priti Patel has signed an order to extradite Julian Assange to the US to face espionage charges.

The Wikileaks founder is wanted in the US over the mass leak of classified documents in 2010 and 2011.

Mr Assange has 14 days to appeal the decision, which was passed to the Home Secretary after consideration by Westminster Magistrates Court and the High Court.

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