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The report assumes a priori that an extradition threat was real, now we see Trump's DOJ did eventually file one, but he was hiding in the Embassy for years on a
by nemo 7y ago
The report assumes a priori that an extradition threat was real, now we see Trump's DOJ did eventually file one, but he was hiding in the Embassy for years on a false pretext of an imaginary extradition to avoid facing rape charges. The rights of the rape victims to see justice weren't addressed or considered. The question of whether Assange was fleeing justice for rape wasn't ever seriously addressed but just waved away.
- DiogenesKynikos 7y agoThe moment Assange was dragged out of the embassy, there was an extradition request from the United States. Assange was clearly correct about what would happen, and all the people who laughed off the threat of extradition to the US look pretty silly now.
- nemo 7y agoThe only indictment that there is evidence for is from 2017 under the Trump DoJ, 5 years after he fled justice to the embassy. Assange made up a story about a fictional sealed indictment when he fled justice. He just did such a poor job fleeing justice that he wound up with a sealed indictment for criminal behavior he engaged in after he'd moved into the embassy.
- DiogenesKynikos 7y agoA grand jury was convened at the latest in 2011,[1] before Assange sought asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy. 1. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/may/11/us-opens-wikileaks-grand-jury-hearing https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/may/11/us-opens-wikil...