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It was Trump who actually went against Assange at the end of the day. The extradition was started under his administration. Obama's administration did decide no

by pell 5y ago

It was Trump who actually went against Assange at the end of the day. The extradition was started under his administration. Obama's administration did decide not to go forward with it.

yostrovs 5y ago
Obama couldn't extradite a man out of an embassy of a country that was not cooperating.
- pell 5y ago
  According to all records on this, the reason he was not charged by Obama was that his administration was afraid the case would not hold up in court. If they felt differently, I don't see why the extradition request wouldn't have been made, whether he was still held up in the Ecuadorian embassy or not. After all, Ecuador and the US have had an extradition treaty since 1872 and all that the US had to do is pressure Ecuador and wait/influence them till a new government was in place. It was Trump's administration that according to all information simply felt differently about the case entirely. This is why his Justice Department went forward. >President Barack Obama’s Justice Department had extensive internal debates about whether to charge Assange amid concerns the case might not hold up in court and would be viewed as an attack on journalism by an administration already taking heat for leak prosecutions. > >But senior Trump administration officials seemed to make clear early on that they held a different view, dialing up the rhetoric on the anti-secrecy organization shortly after it made damaging disclosures about the CIA’s cyberespionage tools. AP(1) I mean if you have sources to the contrary, please share them. But all that was available so far doesn't really help your assumption there. Also, is this really surprising? Trump promised (but thankfully failed) to "open up Libel laws" after all.(2) _____ (1) https://apnews.com/article/north-america-ap-top-news-barack-obama-julian-assange-international-news-3d9c190f66cc4e5b8669bcc0b6c1eff9 https://apnews.com/article/north-america-ap-top-news-barack-... (2) https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1365/open-libel-laws/ https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpomete...
- typon 5y ago
  It sounds like people are arguing about which President to blame for the jailing of journalists when both parties in the US hold the same position on the matter. The details are circumstantial.

by pell 5y ago

It was Trump who actually went against Assange at the end of the day. The extradition was started under his administration. Obama's administration did decide not to go forward with it.

yostrovs 5y ago

Obama couldn't extradite a man out of an embassy of a country that was not cooperating.

pell 5y ago
According to all records on this, the reason he was not charged by Obama was that his administration was afraid the case would not hold up in court. If they felt differently, I don't see why the extradition request wouldn't have been made, whether he was still held up in the Ecuadorian embassy or not. After all, Ecuador and the US have had an extradition treaty since 1872 and all that the US had to do is pressure Ecuador and wait/influence them till a new government was in place. It was Trump's administration that according to all information simply felt differently about the case entirely. This is why his Justice Department went forward. >President Barack Obama’s Justice Department had extensive internal debates about whether to charge Assange amid concerns the case might not hold up in court and would be viewed as an attack on journalism by an administration already taking heat for leak prosecutions. > >But senior Trump administration officials seemed to make clear early on that they held a different view, dialing up the rhetoric on the anti-secrecy organization shortly after it made damaging disclosures about the CIA’s cyberespionage tools. AP(1) I mean if you have sources to the contrary, please share them. But all that was available so far doesn't really help your assumption there. Also, is this really surprising? Trump promised (but thankfully failed) to "open up Libel laws" after all.(2) _____ (1) https://apnews.com/article/north-america-ap-top-news-barack-obama-julian-assange-international-news-3d9c190f66cc4e5b8669bcc0b6c1eff9 https://apnews.com/article/north-america-ap-top-news-barack-... (2) https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1365/open-libel-laws/ https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpomete...
typon 5y ago
It sounds like people are arguing about which President to blame for the jailing of journalists when both parties in the US hold the same position on the matter. The details are circumstantial.