WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested after 7 years of hiding out; indicted in US

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ACLU on Julian Assange's arrest: 'Prosecuting a foreign publisher for violating U.S. secrecy laws would set an especially dangerous precedent for U.S. journalists.'

During his initial court appearance on Thursday, Assange offered no evidence and was found guilty of breaching his bail. The judge described Assange as “a narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interests.”

The warrant for his "failure to appear” dates back to a now-closed rape inquiry in Sweden that had been active for the past seven years. The rape investigation was dropped by Swedish prosecutors in 2017 as they could not gain access to Assange while he was inside the Ecuadorean Embassy, but Swedish prosecutors announced Thursday their intention to re-open the rape investigation against Assange.

Addressing reporters after his initial appearance, Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson vowed that his legal team would "be contesting and fighting extradition" and argued that Assange's arrest and indictment "sets dangerous precedent for all media organizations and journalists." The U.K.'s Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, wrote in a tweet that "Julian Assange is no hero and no one is above the law.”

 

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WrightUps Godd! He probably knows many many hacks. Get it out of him and get them!

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WrightUps This will all lead back to Seth Rich

WrightUps Listen. I don't care who this Assange dude is or what he does for a living -I'm just glad it makes trump look worse :)

WrightUps I hate to spoil the fun, but there’s an earlier extradition request from Sweden. He may not be extradited to the US at all for, when extradited to Sweden, both UK & Swedish courts have to decide on further extradition to US. And no, Swedish extradition request has not expired.

WrightUps He will dump the dirt on everyone Soon thousands of people will be indicted👈 especially journalists😁 MAGA WWG1WGA Trump FridayThoughts FridayMotivation FridayFeeling QAnon News

WrightUps Wait until Trump is out of office, then ship him to the US. The normal US will then properly prosecute him.

WrightUps what_if this happened in SaudiArabia !! hrw , amnesty washingtonpost nytimes CNN and all fakemedia will not let go and will accuse MBS that he will soon kill Assange

WrightUps Too bad Avenatti is indicted or Assange could hire him - a union of sleaze.

WrightUps But the Ecuadorian president said he had it in writing that U.K would not allow extradition to the U.S.

WrightUps “I love … know nothing …about Wikileaks”

WrightUps That was a given.

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WrightUps Facebook Removes Page Of Ecuador's Former President On Same Day As Assange's Arrest

WrightUps Yes, he looks bad, now it is time to face justice and feel bad.

WrightUps And the press is like 'Leave him alone! He's a journalist!' LOL I thought he was a Russian intelligence agent?

WrightUps Trade Russia for Snowden.

WrightUps He can fight it all he wants, but he needs to be brought to Justice.

WrightUps This is where Donald comes in..

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