Julian Assange said he’d turn himself in if Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning was released. It looks like he is going to do it. That’s probably a mistake but being locked up in a small room in Ecuador’s UK embassy for 7 years could do that to a person. It’s not clear what the charges would be either.
Assange would likely be prosecuted by the US for his involvement in publishing millions of secret government documents. There are possible charges in the Manning case as well. He, after all, published the hundreds of thousands of military intelligence documents.
Swedish authorities will also be able to move forward with their own case against him, which is sketchy at best if Assange’s story is believed.
The same people who cheered when Hillary talked about droning him, want Assange to turn himself over for extradition.
Julian Assange said he would turn himself in if Obama freed Chelsea Manning. Lol. Don’t think he will… pic.twitter.com/8SAFR2MjL8
— An0maly (@An0malyMusic) January 17, 2017
One has to wonder why he’s confident he will get the kind of trial he thinks he’s going to get.
Assange is confident of winning any fair trial in the US. Obama’s DoJ prevented public interest defense & fair jury. https://t.co/Mb6gXlz7QS
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 17, 2017
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Assange didn’t really have a “deal” with Obama. Obama would have commuted Manning’s sentence regardless. Manning is called a “whistleblower” by Assange but the US calls him a traitor.
Assange lawyer @themtchair on Assange-Manning extradition ‘deal’: “Everything that he has said he’s standing by.”
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 18, 2017
Neera Tanden, who heads up Soros’s Center for American Progress, was exposed by Wikileaks, often in unflattering ways, tweeted.
Julian Assange ready for US extradition, one of his lawyers suggests https://t.co/gWyYJ3GV7y Having kissed up to Trump, he expects a pardon
— Howard Dean (@GovHowardDean) January 18, 2017