WikiLeaks founder Assange needs more time to speak to lawyer, court told


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  • Monday, 13 Jan 2020

Supporters of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange gather outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain January 13, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not getting the time he needs with his legal team to discuss his fight against extradition to the United States, causing delays to the case, his lawyer told a British court on Monday.

After skipping bail in Britain, Assange spent seven years holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London before he was dragged out by police in April last year.

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