US will ‘throw the book’ at Julian Assange if extradited

Curtin University Dean of Global Futures Joe Siracusa believes if Julian Assange is extradited to the United States, they are going to “throw the book at him” because they are “holding him to a second standard”. Judges in London’s High Court are due to rule on Julian Assange’s appeal for extradition to the US next week. “If he gets to America, they’re going to throw the book at him,” Mr Siracusa told Sky News Australia. “Hillary Clinton wanted this guy alive. “Nobody in the American establishment can be seen to be soft on this guy. “They’re holding him to a second standard.”