Republican firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and "Squad" member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) joined forces to tell President Joe Biden to end the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and drop charges against him.

“It is the duty of journalists to seek out sources, including documentary evidence, in order to report to the public on the activities of government,” the letter reads. “The United States must not pursue an unnecessary prosecution that risks criminalizing common journalistic practices and thus chilling the work of the free press.”

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Assange has been jailed in London’s Belmarsh Prison since 2019 and is awaiting extradition to America for publishing classified U.S. military documents and diplomatic cables over a decade ago.

The bipartisan letter was signed by 16 members of Congress, including the now-censured Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and fellow Squad Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY). Other Republicans include Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY). Another letter, including some of the same signatories, was sent to Biden in October asking their colleagues to oppose Assange’s prosecution.

The letter warns that if the persecution of Assange, an Australian citizen who has never been to the U.S., moves forward, the move could harm America’s geopolitical relationship with Australia.

If Assange is fully convicted of the Espionage Act charges, he could face up to 10 years in prison for the 17 felony counts against him. Assange is facing 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse.

“We note that the 1917 Espionage Act was ostensibly intended to punish and imprison government employees and contractors for providing or selling state secrets to enemy governments, not to punish journalists and whistleblowers for attempting to inform the public about serious issues that some US government officials might prefer to keep secret,” the letter reads.

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Under the Obama administration in 2013, the Justice Department decided against prosecuting Assange because of concerns for how it could affect press freedom, according to the Washington Post.

The group praised the decision while Biden was vice president, adding it was the right choice “because it recognized that the prosecution would set a dangerous precedent.”