WikiLeaks Editor: US Is Saying First Amendment Doesn’t Apply To Foreigners In Assange Case – Caitlin Johnstone

WikiLeaks Editor: US Is Saying First Amendment Doesn’t Apply To Foreigners In Assange Case – Caitlin Johnstone: WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson gave a brief statement to the press after the latest court hearing for Julian Assange’s extradition case in London today, saying the Trump administration is arguing that the First Amendment of the US Constitution doesn’t provide press freedom protection to foreign nationals like Assange.

“We have now learned from submissions and affidavits presented by the United States to this court that they do not consider foreign nationals to have a First Amendment protection,” Hrafnsson said.

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