The Justice Department is soon expected to announce charges against Julian Assange and the cause for a US extradition request, a US official says
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A lawyer for Assange said the charges related to conspiracy date back to a 2010 release of stolen diplomatic documents by Chelsea Manning. Signs that the US was moving on the case emerged in recent weeks when prosecutors subpoenaed Manning to testify before a grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia. She remains detained because she has refused to testify.
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