Posted on 11/20/2019 9:45:24 AM PST by Texas Fossil
The decision by a Swedish prosecutor to drop an investigation into an allegation of rape against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ended the near decade-old case that had sent the campaigner into hiding in London’s Ecuadorian embassy to avoid extradition.
The prosecutor’s decision can be appealed, but it is believed it will closed a case which was launched in 2010. The accuser’s lawyer said she was studying whether to appeal the decision.
Assange, an Australian citizen, skipped bail in Britain to avoid possible extradition and took refuge in the Ecuador embassy in 2012. He was dragged out by police in April this year, and is now in jail in Britain fighting extradition to the United States on separate computer hacking and espionage charges.
While Assange was in the Ecuador embassy, the statute of limitations ran out on investigating all but one of several Swedish sex crime complaints originally filed by two women. Deputy Chief Prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson reopened the remaining case after Assange left the embassy, but she said on Tuesday that all points out to the fact that there was not enough evidence to indict Assange.
“After conducting a comprehensive assessment of what has emerged during the course of the preliminary investigation - Persson told a news conference - I then make the assessment that the evidence is not strong enough to form the basis for filing an indictment. “Nine years have passed. - she added - Time is a player in this decision.”
Assange, 48, has repeatedly denied the sex crime allegations and said they were part of a plot to discredit him and secure his eventual transfer to the United States.
Australian citizen, Assange is currently in jail in Britian.
Will he be extradited to the US? This could be of some interest to some US Politicians. Some don't want him to be able testify in the US. Others might want just that.
Interesting topic.
ANF News is based in Syria. I have often posted articles from them and found them very honest.
Turkey has them blocked, so that might be a badge of honor.
“Will he be extradited to the US?”
Yes. The way has been cleared. Not sure who is driving the plow.
Arkancide in 5, 4, 3,...
I said the same thing about Jeffrey Epstein before he was Arkancided.
Yep
Hope the “good guys” are protecting him. His testimony could be very explosive.
Some US POLs don’t want the exposure.
Pray for him.
Just another example of liberals using hyped up sex accusations for political purposes. Kavanaugh and Judge Roy Moore are others.
What will people say if Assange hangs himself in a cell with malfunctioning cameras and sleeping guards? I suppose most people will shrug.
The CIA wants Assange dead.
He knows Seth Rich was the source of the DNC data.
I suppose most people will shrug.
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That’s what most people are still doing about the abrogation of the Constitution on Usurpation Day, January 20, 2009.
Some even want to repeat that mistake because they really like a particular ineligible.
The first case was dropped years ago, because the female involved insisted there was no rape and that her mother was the one trying to push the issue.
"Julian Assange Didn't Hang Himself"
On that, Assange had possession of Hillary’s emails from her unsecured server, is that correct?
I’m not sure if he still does. And he has never said where he got them.
Many suspect Seth Rich gave them to him.
But Trump never had them...the implication from the left seems to be Stone DID or TRIED to get them to Trump?
Facts never mean anything to the ComDems.
With them, it is all about the agenda. To destroy Trump.
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