The Wikileaks guy could be forced out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and into the arms of the British, who could turn him over to US Marshals for his role in prints secret US State Dept. cable’s….
Julian Assange’s nearly six-year refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London is in danger, opening the WikiLeaks founder to arrest by British authorities and potential extradition to the US, multiple sources with knowledge tell CNN.
While Assange has in the past claimed his position in the embassy was under threat, sources say his current situation is “unusually bad” and that he could leave the embassy “any day now,” either because he will be forced out or made to feel so restricted that he might choose to leave on his own. His position there is “in jeopardy,” one source familiar with the matter said.
Assange’s exit from the embassy could open a new phase for US investigators eager to find out what he knows…..
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.
No doubt the Trump administration is trying to devise some way of isolating Assange (perhaps through action by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or other branches of the Homeland Security department) before the Special Counsel’s office or the Senate Intelligence Committee gets a chance to interview him about all the Russian-hacked WikiLeaks released at critical times in the Trump-Clinton campaign.
I always thought the US could wait the guy out and that in the end the leaks would NOT much change things….