Rep. Thomas Massie to Bring Julian Assange’s Brother to Biden’s State of the Union Address
Rep. Thomas Massie has invited Gabriel Shipton, brother of imprisoned publisher Julian Assange, to attend the State of the Union Address as his guest.
Shipton is a prominent advocate for his brother’s release.
Assange has been held at Belmarsh prison in London since April 2019 as the US government works to extradite him. Before his arrest, he had been living in the Ecuadorian Embassy with asylum since June 2012.
He is currently facing charges under the Espionage Act for publishing the Iraq and Afghan War Logs. If convicted, Assange could face a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison.
“The U.S. government’s ongoing effort to prosecute Julian Assange threatens the First Amendment rights of Americans and should be opposed,” Massie said in a statement provided to The Gateway Pundit.
