I see nothing at all about the potential new Democrat government in the U.S that indicates it would in the least bit reduce its stupid, petty, vengeful prosecut

I see nothing at all about the potential new Democrat government in the U.S that indicates it would in the least bit reduce its stupid, petty, vengeful prosecution efforts against Assange. A fundamental loyalty to protecting the superiority of the U.S state and its military power/secrets is a firm tenet of both major parties. Obama never budged on Assange, or Snowden and what would make the even less flexible-minded Biden likely to go against the grain? If anything, Trump winning is Assange's (or Snowden's) best hope, because so long as he has nothing to immediately lose in the form of electoral points, he's exactly the kind of arrogant that would love a grandiose gesture of clemency just to stick it to political rivals and look "edgy". Something similar to what made him push for the talks with N. Korea. (I have a hard time picturing Hillary Clinton having seriously considered such a thing)