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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police Thursday moments after Ecuador announced it withdrew his asylum for “repeatedly violating international conventions and protocol.”
Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno described the decision to withdraw Assange’s asylum as a “sovereign decision” because of his alleged repeated violations.
“Today I announce that that the discourteous and aggressive behavior of Mr. Julian Assange, the hostile and threatening declarations of its allied organization, against Ecuador, and especially the transgression of international treaties, have led the situation to a point where the asylum of Mr. Assange is unsustainable and no longer viable,” Moreno said in a video statement posted on Twitter.
Video of Assange’s arrest showed him with a full white beard and yelling something out to reporters as he was being dragged from the embassy, but it was unclear what he said.
Ecuadoran Foreign Minister Jose Valencia told Teleamazonas this week that living in the embassy indefinitely is bad for Assange’s "state of mind, his health,” but that Assange has a right to a fair trial and right to a defense.
London's Metropolitan Police vowed earlier this month to arrest the 47-year-old Australian native if he were freed. Assange, who has lived in the embassy for more than six years, faces possible extradition to the U.S. for publishing thousands of classified military and diplomatic cables through WikiLeaks.
Assange has been in the embassy since 2012 when British courts ordered him extradited to Sweden to face questioning in a sexual assault case. That matter has since been dropped, but Wikileaks is facing a federal grand jury investigation over its publication of American diplomatic and military secrets during the Iraq War.
British police made the announcement of Assange’s arrest moments after Ecuador decided to withdraw asylum. Jennifer Robinson, Assange’s attorney, said in a tweet Assange was arrested on an extradition request from the U.S. as well as on charges of breaching his bail conditions.
Assange “has been arrested not just for breach of bail conditions but also in relation to a US extradition request,” Robinson tweeted.
The U.S. Justice Department revealed the existence of a sealed criminal case against Assange in a court filing last year. It wasn’t clear what he was accused of.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/world/ecuador-withdraws-asylum-from-julian-assange-arrested-by-uk-police.amp
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hmmmm....yup not a complete stitch up ::)
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He looks very old/not well in that picture.
Very gnome like as well.
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He looks very old/not well in that picture.
Very gnome like as well.
I thought the same when I first saw the pic. What the hell? During or shortly after the election when they would show him he still looked like a stylish middle age metro-sexual. I can't believe he is only 47 years old! :o Dude looks at least 60 in that pic!
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I thought the same when I first saw the pic. What the hell? During or shortly after the election when they would show him he still looked like a stylish middle age metro-sexual. I can't believe he is only 47 years old! :o Dude looks at least 60 in that pic!
Reminded me of Doc Brown in Back to the Future
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Trump said today "“I know nothing about WikiLeaks"
Don't believe your lying eyes and ears. They can't be be trusted
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ISN'T THAT FUCKING HILARIOUS?
What's wrong with him?
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"When Donald Trump was in Ohio, he declared: “Boy, I love reading WikiLeaks.” In Michigan, he proclaimed: “This WikiLeaks is like a treasure trove.” In Pennsylvania, he confessed: “WikiLeaks, I love WikiLeaks.”
It was the run-up to the 2016 presidential election and Trump was WikiLeaks’ number one salesman. But on Thursday, with the website’s founder Julian Assange under arrest, the US president was singing a different tune. “I know nothing about WikiLeaks,” Trump said. “It’s not my thing.”"
I just saw that clip last night
FUCKING HILARIOUS
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He looks very old/not well in that picture.
Very gnome like as well.
I think it's partly his pale skin color, which is probably the result of too little exposure to the sun...although the unkempt hair doesn't flatter him. No doubt, he suffers from a vitamin D deficiency as well.
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I wonder why none of our resident Trumptards have commented on this thread
I was talking to a friend of mine (guy I've known for 20+ years who I call when I need IT work at my office) who is a Trump supporter (actually not a huge supporter but more of a Trump apologist) and he claimed to be unaware that Trump had ever said he loved Wikileaks
I was thinking how the fuck could you not be aware of that given how many times Trump has expressed his love for Wikileaks
I don't think my friend was lying either.
I think it's emblematic of many right wing voters.
It's the " I never heard that" defense
If they don't see it on Fox News then it never happened.
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They're not here because they KNOW you can't defend his ridiculous lie.
Bunch of cowards here on GB
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You guys love making mountains out of molehills and explaining why you're retarded every time you post one of your "OH MY GOD WE GOT TRUMP NOW" posts gets repetitive and boring.
HTH
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soo...
Shoot the messenger not the message?
???
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You guys love making mountains out of molehills and explaining why you're retarded every time you post one of your "OH MY GOD WE GOT TRUMP NOW" posts gets repetitive and boring.
HTH
Yep.
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They're not here because they KNOW you can't defend his ridiculous lie.
Bunch of cowards here on GB
Where is the lie? He was goofing off as a candidate, and was loving every minute of watching Hillary and the DNC being exposed for the corrupt assholes that they are just like millions of other none President U.S. citizens. Now that he is President he's asked what he knows about Wikileaks as far as Julian being arrested, and he says he doesn't know about wikileaks. Didn't say he never heard of it, and if he did he's just trolling the shit outta the media like he always does. He's not involved in the case so he said he didn't know.
BFD!
Just because we don't respond to something right away doesn't mean we're cowards. We're likely doing something else, or more interested in other topics. It gets kind of old watching you guys spin every little thing into something huge. It's hard to keep up with, and tiresome as well.
There's also a good chance that Trump had a hand in having him arrested, and as such he would've been told not to say anything to jeopardize the case and/or extradition. Let it play out.
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Yep.
You guys love making mountains out of molehills and explaining why you're retarded every time you post one of your "OH MY GOD WE GOT TRUMP NOW" posts gets repetitive and boring.
HTH
fair point
It just proves the at the POTUS is either a patholigical liar or perhaps has dementia
Actually that the best case
The worst case is that he publicly praised and encouraged Wikileaks to hack his political opponents
Keep in mind that Tumps own CIA Director Mike Pompeo called WikiLeaks "a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia.
That's the group the Trump repeatedly publicly praised and encourage to commit crimes AGAINST OUR COUNTRY
The political ads on this are going to be BRUTAL