President Joe Biden on Wednesday said that he is “considering” a request from Australia for the United States to end the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

“We’re considering it,” Biden said in response to a shouted question by a reporter during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House.

Assange was indicted on 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks’ publication of classified U.S. files. American…