11-04-2019 11:54 via ctvnews.ca

WikiLeaks' Assange arrested in London, faces U.S. charge

LONDON -- A bearded and shouting Julian Assange was pulled from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and hauled into court Thursday, the start of an extradition battle for the WikiLeaks founder who faces U.S. charges related to the publication of tens of thousands of secret government documents. Police arrested Assange after the South American nation revoked the political asylum that had given him sanctuary for almost seven years. Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno said he took the action due to "repe
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