FILE PHOTO: Signs of support hang on a railing outside Woolwich Crown Court, ahead of a hearing to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States, in London, Britain, February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
LONDON (Reuters) - Julian Assange complained he was struggling to follow his extradition hearing on Wednesday as his legal team argued Britain should not send him to the United States because the charges against him were politically motivated.
Assange, 48, faces 18 counts in the U.S. including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an espionage law for publishing thousands of classified diplomatic cables. He faces decades in prison if convicted.
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