Wikileaks says Assange agrees to extradition in exchange for Manning pardon

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The Hill ‏@thehill 7m7 minutes ago
Assange agrees to be extradited to US if Obama grants clemency for Chelsea Manning http://hill.cm/1JZgG4G

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he will agree to be extradited to the United States if President Obama grants clemency to Chelsea Manning, the organization tweeted Friday.

WikiLeaks @wikileaks
If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/765626997057921025 …
2:40 PM - 12 Jan 2017

Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst who is serving a 35-year-sentence for leaking classified material, is reportedly on the shortlist for a possible sentence commutation by Obama.

Her lawyers say she has already served the longest sentence of “any whistleblower in American history.”

In December, a petition asking Obama to commute Manning's sentence had more than 100,000 signatures.


read: http://thehill.com/homenews/news/314139-assange-agrees-to-be-extradited-to-us-if-obama-grants-clemency-for-chelsea

[Dream Girl]

1. Oh yeah, extradite him to US just in time for a Trum pardon!

[randome]

3. Well, he isn't accused of anything and he's an Australian citizen so I don't think Trump factors in.

Poor little home-body is just trying to make it look as if he's still relevant to the world in some way.
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[Dream Girl]

4. So why is he under extradition threat and why has he been hiding out at the

Ecuadorian embassy for 4 years?

[MineralMan]

5. He's wanted for questioning in Sweden,

regarding a sexual assault case. Some people believe that he is wanted in the US, as well, for some sort of charges, but that's doubtful really, since he is not a citizen nor has he resided in this country.

[Dream Girl]

8. so is he under extradition threat to the US or just Sweden?

[MineralMan]

10. I don't know, actually.

Some people think he could be extradite to the US, with Sweden allowing it. Personally, I don't think there will be an attempt by the US to extradite him.

[randome]

7. Because he broke the law in Sweden and in the U.K.

The U.S. has nothing to do with it. If there is still a grand jury investigating Wikileaks, that's all fine by me since any rogue organization needs to be closely examined, and if such examination is being done by random citizens on a grand jury, more power to them.

It still has nothing to do with Assange. Even Australia doesn't come to his defense.

There is a reason he likes Trump so much. Both like to proclaim over and over how powerful they are -which only goes to show how impotent they are, but neither man is bright enough or self-reflective enough to understand that.
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[Dream Girl]

14. Got it. Thanks I was under impression that he was wanted inUS... I'm thinking is Snowden

[uponit7771]

6. +1

[MineralMan]

2. Not credible, I think. I doubt that Assange would

make any such statement. I also doubt that he would turn himself over, either, for extradition. This simply doesn't ring true in any way.

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9. 'Wikileaks says'

...has to be the tip-off.

[MineralMan]

11. Yeah, maybe.

I can't say. I don't necessarily believe everything tweeted by Wikileaks, to tell you the truth.

[bigtree]

16. that's well-advised

[spanone]

12. fuck assange.

[Freethinker65]

13. Assange can blackmail Trump as efficiently as, or perhaps even better than, Putin

Wikileaks/Assange believes it can prop Trump up and can take Trump down any time it wants to.

[DURHAM D]

15. Manning is not a "whistleblower". nt