Julian Assange Could Be Turned Over To U.K. Authorities Soon: Report

[still_one]

Ecuador is in talks to kick the WikiLeaks founder out of its embassy in London, according to The Intercept.

Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks, may soon be forced out of Ecuador’s embassy in London and turned over to British authorities, according to a new report.
Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno is set to finalize an agreement with the U.K. government to lift Assange’s asylum status, The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald reported, citing a source within the Ecuador’s foreign ministry.
Assange has been holed up in the embassy since 2012, after he fled Sweden over allegations of sexual assault and rape. Though prosecutors dropped the case last year, he still faces arrest for breaching bail conditions should he leave the embassy.

And his work using WikiLeaks to publish thousands of classified documents could see him facing more charges in the U.S.
U.S. intelligence agencies believe that WikiLeaks coordinated with Russian hackers to release emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 election. Special counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly investigating connections between WikiLeaks and Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump before he became president.


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/julian-assange-ecuador-asylum-uk-authorities_us_5b539052e4b0de86f48da0fb

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. If Assange is let go from the Ecuadorian Embassy......

[The British will hand him over to the Americans for extradition to the US for crimes. Julian Assange's life is about to get more complicated.

[Iliyah]

5. Russia may swoop in and grab him for a long visit to the motherland

OR there is poison.

Greenwald have a sad. Claims if Assange is harmed it sends a signal to American journalists that they could be next. WTF? For one thing, Russia kills their journalist who try and get out the truth about Putin. Second, Assange is no journalist.

[George II]

16. And Assange isn't an American, either. If he gets harmed it surely won't be by Americans...

....he's too valuable.

I just checked, even though the Swedish government dropped their investigation against him for sexual crimes, they said they could resume it anytime in the next two years if he's "available", which could be.

[stonecutter357]

2. good !

[stonecutter357]

3. hope he gets the rosenberg treatment !

[Jake Stern]

10. I don't

A few years in ADX at Florence, CO would be just fine.

[kentuck]

4. I have long suspected that he would be a big part of this story.

And he would know about Roger Stone.

[smirkymonkey]

6. K&R

[sheshe2]

7. He seems to like being locked up...

The US will be happy to accommodate him. From what I hear about his personal hygiene habits the embassy will have to fumigate the place to get his stench out.

[DinahMoeHum]

8. Considering the source (GlennGreenwald/The Intercept). . .

. . .I'd wait for some independent corroboration of this story.

Just sayin'.

[still_one]

9. I tend to agree with you, I also wonder if this is Greenwald's way to alert the Russian's or someone

to grab him a give him political asylum like the ploy he pulled for Snowden

[struggle4progress]

17. +

[DoctorJoJo]

11. The Australian Albino Won't Do Well In Prison!

[Odoreida]

12. Maybe President Trump will offer him asylum in the USA.

[LiberalLovinLug]

13. Probably no better time for him to face the music

Trump may do everything he can to prevent Assange from having to testify. And may try and add whatever indictments against Assange more of the same "witch hunt". After all , he did help him win.

And even if Assange is convicted and sentenced, Trump could pardon him right away. A little nod of thanks.

[rufus dog]

14. Horrible to say

But he needs to be held by the Brits. Can't trust the US Judicial System until repukes are jailed.

[meadowlark5]

15. That's what I'm thinking

Trump would pardon him before anything even happened ala Joe Arpaio. Then give him a cabinet position.

[Blue_true]

18. How far is the Russian embassy from the Ecquadorian one?

Do you think Assange could win a foot race to mother Russia?