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A crucial witness who was used to establish the deep state’s case against Julian Assange has confessed to lying in order to frame the WikiLeaks founder. Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson said to journalists at Grabien that he lied about Assange to get the Department of Justice and FBI off his back so he could perform criminal crimes without fear of repercussions. Thordarson is accused of defrauding WikiLeaks after promising to sell the organization’s products. He then approached the federal government in the hopes of becoming an informant and saving his own skin. Additionally, “according to a psychiatric assessment presented to the...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - One of the key witnesses for the prosecution in the case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Icelandic national Sigurdur Thordarson, was arrested in his home country over sexual misconduct involving minors, the local Stundin newspaper reported, citing his lawyer. On September 24, Thordarson, who has been charged with sex crimes against minors, was sent to Litla Hraun, the most secure prison in Iceland, the media said. Thordarson's lawyer, Hunbogi Andersen, confirmed the arrest. In 2019, the US Justice Department announced new accusations against Assange, and a former FBI informer, Thordarson, was presented as the main witness. The...