Security News > 2020 > September > UK Judge Refuses Assange Lawyers' Plea to Dismiss New US Allegations
Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday failed to persuade a British judge to throw out new US allegations against him, as he resumed his fight to avoid extradition to the United States for leaking military secrets.
Inside, Assange's lawyers sought to "Excise" new allegations lodged by Washington in recent weeks, saying they had not had time to formulate a proper response.
Assange faces 18 charges under the US Espionage Act relating to the 2010 release by WikiLeaks of 500,000 secret files detailing aspects of US military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq.
US authorities recently laid out new evidence against Assange alleging that he and others at the whistleblowing site recruited hackers.
The extradition hearing is the latest in a series of legal battles faced by Assange since the leaks a decade ago.