Well, you've just wished Covid 19 on a whole lot of people. If you've been
reading the material I've been posting for the past few days, along with
everything else I've posted, and if you've seen and heard all of the other
stuff for the past 8 years, you know that many people in and out of our
government and the British government, have been plotting to kill him. On
Consortium News, there's also a live 10 minute update each day which is quite
similar to the written summary that they post and I copy to this list. It's a
terrible experience, to have watched his enemies lie about him, convince the
public that he's evil, and kill him a little at a time.
Miriam
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I would never stoop so low as to wish COVID-19 onto anyone...with one small
exception. If there are mean spirited people who are attempting to railroad
Julian Assange into spending the remainder of his life in a USA prison, out of
vindictiveness...then all bets are off.
Carl Jarvis
On 9/10/20, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ASSANGE HEARING DAY FOUR: Hearing Adjourned to Monday While Lawyer Who
Was in Court is Tested for Covid-19 September 10, 2020 Case is
postponed until Monday while a lawyer who appeared in court is tested
for Covid-19.
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Hearing is Adjourned Until Monday While Lawyer in Court is Tested for
Covid-19
6:24 am EDT: Judge Vanessa Baraitser has adjourned the hearing of
Julian Assange until next Monday while a Covid-19 test result is
awaited for a lawyer who appeared in the courtroom on Wednesday.
Edward Fitzgerald, a lawyer for the defense, told the court:
"We shouldn't be here. Covid could be here in this courtroom. The
staff and you yourself [addressing Baraitser] may be at risk, and
finally our client whose vulnerabilities you are aware of, would be at risk.
"Until we have a result we could make this remote, but you are aware
of the technical difficulties and you have said the hearing" should be
held in court," Fitzgerald said. "It would not be fair if our client
is not present."
Fitzgerald said, "We don't think it is possible to go ahead until we
have a result" of the test from the attorney who was in the courtroom
on Wednesday.
James Lewis, speaking for the prosecution via video-link from his
London flat, agreed with Fitzgerald.
He said: "We agree it would be best if we adjourned until Monday to
know whether or not the test is positive. It would be highly
unsatisfactory by tomorrow" to conduct the hearing remotely, he said.
"It's not easy to cross examine someone by video link. We have layers of
technical difficulties.
All
I can see now is the back of Mr. Fitzgerald's jacket frozen on the screen.
It is unsatisfactory to deal with him that way."
Baraitser said after hearing from both sides that she'd agree to an
adjournment until Monday, but reserved the right to continue the
hearing via remote access, despite Fitzgerald's and Lewis' concerns.
The judge said the test would take place on Thursday and the result
would be known on Friday.
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5:58 am EDT: Court News UK is reporting that the husband of one of the U.S.
lawyers in court has "Covid-like symptoms" and Judge Vanessa Baraitser
will determine how to proceed after he is tested. Monitoring the
video of court, we heard prosecutor James Lewis say he was in his
flat. He said he couldn't get home last night, and is apparently not
at home to self-isolate, Baraitser herself has appeared in the
courtroom.
5 am EDT: The start of the fourth day of the resumption of Julian
Assange's extradition has been delayed. Assange's defense team have
slated only one witness on Thursday, American lawyer Eric Lewis, who
wrote this piece last year in The Independent saying he did not want
to see Assange extradited to his country.
