A UK court ruling this morning that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not be extradited to the United States, at least not for now. President Trump's media company, Trump Media and Technology Group, that went public this week, is now valued at nearly $10 billion.
00:00:00.000Hello everybody, this is John Fawcett with the Great America Show Midday Update for Tuesday, March 26th.
00:00:06.020Another massive win for President Trump this week.
00:00:08.500Donald Trump's media company, Trump Media and Technology Group, that went public this week, is now valued at nearly $10 billion.
00:00:14.900Shares surged as high as 50% in today's debut of trading.
00:00:18.300President Trump personally owns about $5 billion of the company.
00:00:21.840Trump now joins Bloomberg's 500 richest people in the world.
00:00:25.280Much deserved for a man that's been put through political persecution for the last nine years.
00:00:29.100It seems every time the Marxist Dems attempt another political persecution of the man, it backfires.
00:00:34.820And a UK court ruling this morning that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not be extradited to the United States, at least not for now.
00:00:41.740Originally, Assange was being extradited to face charges in the United States for allegedly leaking classified documents.
00:00:47.060But the UK courts demanded that the Department of Justice confirm the following before they release him to the United States.
00:00:52.860The guarantee that he is not prejudiced against that trial, including during his sentencing, by reason of his nationality.
00:01:01.300That he has afforded the same First Amendment protection as a United States citizen, and that the death penalty is not imposed upon him.
00:01:08.340The UK court said if those US government assurances are not given within a three-week time frame, Assange will be granted leave to file a new appeal in the UK.
00:01:16.180Assange has been appealing his extradition from the UK since 2020, citing that the United States case against him is politically motivated, and he does not stand a fair trial.