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I think what you are saying is he should have been extradited to Sweden not the US?

Apparently those charges were dropped?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assange_v_Swedish_Prosecution_...

> The investigation into the allegation of rape, as of 19 May 2017, has been dropped by Swedish authorities.

It wasn't dropped in the sense that the prosecutors dropped their charges. It was dropped in the sense that the case was put in a dormant state. It can be re-opened, until August 2020 I believe.

Not just that, but the original accuser dropped her charges long before the Swedish authorities gave up.

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