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drray23

(7,627 posts)
4. He's got enough knowledge of the treasonous behavior of
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 04:30 PM
Jul 2018

Trump and his goons that he can probably use it to avoid going to jail. That, or he will have an unfortunate accident soon after he steps out of the embassy.

Denzil_DC

(7,232 posts)
9. He jumped bail (losing a lot of faithful supporters their contribution to his bond).
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 05:11 PM
Jul 2018

So yes, in theory, the British court system would be due first bite.

Denzil_DC

(7,232 posts)
13. Yes, they abandoned their European Arrest Warrant last year.
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 06:44 PM
Jul 2018

This was the outcome of Assange's most recent attempt to have the UK arrest warrant for breach of bail withdrawn:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/feb/13/judge-refuses-to-withdraw-julian-assange-arrest-warrant

Ezior

(505 posts)
11. If they get him first, they'll make it look like it was the CIA
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 05:31 PM
Jul 2018

"Evil American deep state kills popular hero Assange because he helped uncover Hillary's crimes!"
When in fact it was some Putin wet work to silence him.

Will be interesting to see how this develops. I hope Assange gets what he deservers, and is put behind bars.

Pholus

(4,062 posts)
12. If there is ANYONE whose emails should be in Mueller's possession it's this one!
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 05:46 PM
Jul 2018

They knew where he lived after all.

Lock 'em up!

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