The indictment alleges that the party contracted to perform the hit was an undercover cop. Generally, when you hire a cop to kill someone, you're prima facie gu

The indictment alleges that the party contracted to perform the hit was an undercover cop. Generally, when you hire a cop to kill someone, you're prima facie guilty of hiring someone to commit murder, though I suppose there's always some possible mitigating factor like entrapment or falsified evidence. You can be damned sure the police have scrupulously documented their methods and recorded/logged all their interactions with Ulbricht, to address just such charges being raised. Also, Assange wasn't accused of rape, but a lesser form of sexual assault, defined under Swedish law. Moreover, his counsel has stipulated both that the sex occurred, and that it was unprotected, which is the central issue in the charges, as I understood them. The question isn't whether or not he raped the women (plural!), or even whether or not he had sex with them, but whether or not they asked him to use a condom, and whether or not he refused.