World | Julian Assange One Country Is Prepared to Offer Assange Asylum That would be Mexico, according to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador By Kate Seamons Posted Jan 4, 2021 2:40 PM CST Copied This is a court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Julian Assange appearing at the Old Bailey in London for the ruling in his extradition case, in London, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP) Julian Assange won't be extradited to America, but he could be North America-bound. Reuters reports that in the wake of a British judge's rejection of a US request to extradite the WikiLeaks founder, Mexico announced it is ready to welcome Assange. "I’m going to ask the Foreign Minister ... to ask the government of the United Kingdom about the possibility of letting Mr. Assange be freed and for Mexico to offer political asylum," the country's president said Monday. "Assange is a journalist and deserves a chance," President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador continued. "I am in favor of pardoning him." (Assange's supporters have called on President Trump to grant a pardon before he leaves office.) Bloomberg reports Assange's lawyers will be back in court for a Wednesday bail hearing in which they'll argue for his release. Lawyers for the US government plan to appeal the ruling; it could take years for the process to fully play out. Read These Next A former NFL Pro Bowler has died at age 36. The massive AWS failure exposed a big problem with the internet. A man ended up dead after trying to steal from Spirit Halloween. Secret Service finds something strange pointed at Trump's plane. Report an error