Trump wants to jail Assange to keep him quiet, extradition hearing told

Julian Assange at the Old Bailey. Picture: Elizabeth Cook/PA

President Donald Trump wants to jail WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and “keep him quiet”, a court has heard.

US lawyer Eric Lewis claimed rumours Mr Trump had been aided by foreign powers in the 2016 election continued to be viewed by the American leader as “undermining his legitimacy”, according to his witness statement presented to Assange’s extradition hearing.