Assange to seek asylum in France, says legal team

PARIS

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will request political asylum in France, his attorneys announced Friday. 

His legal team, comprised of Eric Dupont-Moretti and Antoine Vey, announced through Reporters Without Borders that they are seeking a conversation at the highest level – with President Emmanuel Macron – in an appeal for Assange taking refuge inside the country.

Assange maintains part of the organization he founded in France; his youngest child is a French national and lives in France with his mother.

Assange is currently under arrest in the U.K. and fighting extradition to the U.S. on espionage charges. Before his arrest