Assange ‘stands by’ US extradition offer, promises ‘big publishing year ahead’

Assange ‘stands by’ US extradition offer, promises ‘big publishing year ahead’

WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, has said he’ll stand by his promise to be extradited to the US following Chelsea Manning’s commutation, while promising a “big publishing year ahead.”

In a press conference broadcast on Periscope on Thursday, Assange said he “stands by everything I said including the offer to go to the United States if Chelsea Manning’s sentence was commuted.”