WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange was denied bail on Wednesday by a British court.

A British judge on Monday blocked an extradition request by the United States, whose justice department said it would appeal the ruling.

District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said Monday Assange was likely to commit suicide if sent to the U.S.

District Judge Vanessa Baraitser is due to deliver her decision at London’s Old Bailey courthouse at 10 a.m. Monday.

The lawyer said Trump offered to pardon Assange if he identified the source for the 2016 election publications.

Assange is fighting American prosecutors' attempt to get the British government to send him to the U.S. to stand trial on spying charges.

Addressing Assange, the judge said: "You will hear things, no doubt many things, you disagree with during these proceedings.''

The U.S. authorities accuse Assange of conspiring to hack government computers and of violating an espionage law in connection with the release of confidential cables by WikiLeaks in 2010-2011.

The court is conducting an investigation, begun last year, before deciding whether there is evidence of wrongdoing that warrants a trial.

The superseding indictment does not contain additional charges beyond the 18 counts the Justice Department unsealed last year.