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Leroy N. Soetoro
Nov 26, 2019, 1:14:24 PM11/26/19
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Sweden dropped a preliminary investigation Tuesday into an alleged rape by
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Deputy Chief Prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson made the announcement as she
gave an update on the Swedish case, saying the rape investigation has been
discontinued.
“I want to inform about my decision to discontinue the preliminary
investigation,” Persson told a news conference.
Assange, 48, who spent seven years in Ecuador’s embassy in London before
he was dragged out in April, is still wanted in the US to face 18 counts,
including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an
espionage law.
In June, a Swedish court ruled that Assange should not be detained,
meaning that while a preliminary investigation in Sweden shouldn’t be
abandoned, he wouldn’t be extradited and could be questioned in Britain.
Two months earlier, Assange was evicted from the Ecuador Embassy in
London, where he had been holed up since 2012. He was immediately arrested
and is currently serving a 50-week sentence in Britain for jumping bail in
2012.
Assange is also fighting extradition to the US, which accuses him of
publishing secret documents. Last month, Assange lost a bid in a UK court
to delay proceedings as he fights extradition to the United States on the
espionage charges.
In response to the Swedish announcement, Kristinn Hrafnsson, WikiLeaks’
editor-in-chief, said: “Let us now focus on the threat Mr. Assange has
been warning about for years: the belligerent prosecution of the United
States and the threat it poses to the First Amendment.”
Kristinn Hrafnsson, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief: “Let us now focus on the
threat Mr Assange has been warning about for years: the belligerent
prosecution of the United States and the threat it poses to the First
Amendment.°"
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) November 19, 2019
The US is seeking to bring Assange overseas to face espionage charges. The
full hearing to decide his extradition is still set for a five-day period
in late February, with brief interim hearings in November and December.
US authorities accuse Assange of scheming with former Army intelligence
analyst Chelsea Manning to crack a password that provided access to
classified material on a government computer.
Assange’s lawyer, Mark Summers, told a judge last month that more time was
needed to prepare his client’s defense because the case has many facets —
including the very rare use of espionage charges against a journalist, as
Assange defines himself — and requires a “mammoth” amount of planning and
preparation.
“Our case will be that this is a political attempt to signal to
journalists the consequences of publishing information,” he said. “It is
legally unprecedented.”
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
The Obama-led Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
approved Uranium One in fall 2010. With a little luck, we'll see
compulsive liar Hillary Clinton in jail before she dies.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
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Sweden dropped a preliminary investigation Tuesday into an alleged rape by
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Deputy Chief Prosecutor Eva-Marie Persson made the announcement as she
gave an update on the Swedish case, saying the rape investigation has been
discontinued.
“I want to inform about my decision to discontinue the preliminary
investigation,” Persson told a news conference.
Assange, 48, who spent seven years in Ecuador’s embassy in London before
he was dragged out in April, is still wanted in the US to face 18 counts,
including conspiring to hack government computers and violating an
espionage law.
In June, a Swedish court ruled that Assange should not be detained,
meaning that while a preliminary investigation in Sweden shouldn’t be
abandoned, he wouldn’t be extradited and could be questioned in Britain.
Two months earlier, Assange was evicted from the Ecuador Embassy in
London, where he had been holed up since 2012. He was immediately arrested
and is currently serving a 50-week sentence in Britain for jumping bail in
2012.
Assange is also fighting extradition to the US, which accuses him of
publishing secret documents. Last month, Assange lost a bid in a UK court
to delay proceedings as he fights extradition to the United States on the
espionage charges.
In response to the Swedish announcement, Kristinn Hrafnsson, WikiLeaks’
editor-in-chief, said: “Let us now focus on the threat Mr. Assange has
been warning about for years: the belligerent prosecution of the United
States and the threat it poses to the First Amendment.”
Kristinn Hrafnsson, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief: “Let us now focus on the
threat Mr Assange has been warning about for years: the belligerent
prosecution of the United States and the threat it poses to the First
Amendment.°"
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) November 19, 2019
The US is seeking to bring Assange overseas to face espionage charges. The
full hearing to decide his extradition is still set for a five-day period
in late February, with brief interim hearings in November and December.
US authorities accuse Assange of scheming with former Army intelligence
analyst Chelsea Manning to crack a password that provided access to
classified material on a government computer.
Assange’s lawyer, Mark Summers, told a judge last month that more time was
needed to prepare his client’s defense because the case has many facets —
including the very rare use of espionage charges against a journalist, as
Assange defines himself — and requires a “mammoth” amount of planning and
preparation.
“Our case will be that this is a political attempt to signal to
journalists the consequences of publishing information,” he said. “It is
legally unprecedented.”
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
The Obama-led Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
approved Uranium One in fall 2010. With a little luck, we'll see
compulsive liar Hillary Clinton in jail before she dies.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
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