It's hard to have any sympathy for Assange. He ran away from some very serious charges. It must be noted for the Assange supporters that his activities would have seen him on rape charges in this country, and that the legal process in Sweden requires Assange to be charged at a formal interview. He fled the country when he heard that he was about to be called for that formal interview. Those charges were not dropped: they expired due to time limitations. Then of course he absconded here before he could be extradited back to Sweden. Craven to the core - and it's led to his effective incarceration in the Ecuadorian Embassy followed by actual incarceration for breaching bail.
The ironic thing is that even had he been found guilty in Sweden, he would have been released and been a free man years ago. He brought this all on himself. There wasn't any plot to bring him down - why would there have been, when he was the agent of his own destruction? It's difficult to argue that he's undeserving of it. It could actually be argued that it's entirely fitting, given the way he abandoned Manning to face the music on his own after promising his support.
That said, this US extradition bid is plainly purely politically motivated. It's a depressing and damning spectacle on the British justice system. At least we got the right result, though for the wrong reasons. I trust that now Johnson's won our sovereignty back from the EU [1] he'll use it to free us from this deeply inequitous and one sided extradition treaty with the US.
[1] Other viewpoints are available
Just like St Peter at the Pearly Gates, I am not sure where I would send him.
