Assange, 52, has been held largely in solitary confinement in the Belmarsh maximum security prison in England since 2019, when Ecuador revoked his asylum at American insistence. The Australian-born publisher had requested to appear in court personally, but was unable to do so due to poor health, according to his lawyers.
What has he been doing for 5 years in solitary, eating Doritos? No wonder he's "too ill" to attend court. Maybe they if they'd held court in a private jet he could have sprung right up the stairs.
Yet we got this four months ago:
Assange ‘too ill’ to attend last chance UK appeal against US extradition: Washington wants the WikiLeaks publisher on its soil where he could face a prison sentence of up to 175 years (RT 2/20/2024)
What has he been doing for 5 years in solitary, eating Doritos? No wonder he's "too ill" to attend court. Maybe they if they'd held court in a private jet he could have sprung right up the stairs.