Assange demands Sweden drop arrest warrant
Source: AFP
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange filed a new motion in Sweden Wednesday calling for a European arrest warrant over rape allegations to be dropped, after the United States said it was seeking to arrest him, his lawyer said.
The 45-year-old Australian denies the accusations in Sweden that date back to 2010, which he fears will see him extradited to the United States.
He has been holed up at the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012 and risks being arrested by British police as soon as he steps out of the building.
His Swedish lawyer Per Samuelsson said the new motion was filed because US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in April that arresting Assange would be "a priority".
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The Ecuadoreans must be getting mighty sick of ol' Julian hanging out in the embassy.
George II
(67,782 posts)Zorro
(15,742 posts)Julian was all in for Trump, now the administration wants to haul him in.
rurallib
(62,431 posts)removing some potentially damaging evidence.
No wonder it is a priority.
he can 'demand' all he wants
that won't change anything
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)He has already fucked us.
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,070 posts)Be an adult and face the consequences of your actions.
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)If convicted he would have spent a year or two in prison and, considering Sweden's substantial human rights laws, might have avoided extradition to the US based on the idea that the potential sentence under the Espionage Act would be too harsh.