I can only partially agree with this assessment.
He will not get a public trial in the US, he'll be brought in front of a secret grand jury were the outcome is predetermined. I think Chris Hedges' description of what awaits Assange is sober as it is horrible. He will be hooded and shackled and taken to a military/cia blacksite where he will be tortured and interrogated relentlessly without any legal rights (information terrorist) like many Muslims in Guantamano Bay - they will break him and he will dissapear. I think the only hope is that the UK parliament is FORCED by the UK public and world opinion to back down from extradition.

So, I don't believe he'll get a trial certainly not a fair trial even with a high powered legal team. Perhaps the best we can hope for is that if/when he's rendered to the US - they'll release the 'insurance files'. (I'm sure they'll make it illegal to possess those documents like the Christchurch shooter video.)

The msm is truly worse off than we think. The legacy press institutions are cozzied up to power, the one's who they're suppose to hold accountable. They go to the same parties, they date one another, they're friends. They protect one another. They all would like to keep their status and positions within the structure so they have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.