Biden: considering Australia request on Assange prosecution

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he is considering Australia's request on WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange's prosecution.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in February backed a motion in parliament's lower house calling for the return of Assange to Australia. U.S. officials are looking to extradite Assange from Britain to the United States, where he is wanted on criminal charges over WikiLeaks' release of vast troves of confidential U.S. military records and diplomatic cables.