Can a Lawsuit against the CIA Affect the U.S. Attempt to Extradite Julian Assange?

Deborah Hrbek, partner at HRBEKKunstler & Marjorie Cohn, former president of National Lawyers Guild.

Deborah Hrbek will discuss the July lawsuit against the CIA, Mike Pompeo, and UC Global filed in August by Hrbek, her law partner Margaret Ratner Kunstler, and two American journalists, whose constitutional rights to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures by the US government were violated when they visited Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Hrbek will discuss the implications of that lawsuit on the Assange extradition matter, while Marjorie Cohn will unpack the extradition request and indictment. Both will discuss why press freedom and government accountability is at stake if the Department of Justice continues to prosecute Julian Assange and seek his extradition.   Host: Ann Batiza

In-Person or Online at 10:00!

In-Person: In Max Otto Hall.

Online: Watch the livestream at 10:00 or a later time at our YouTube channel  You will not be able to ask questions.

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