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Ecuador Will Be Handing Assange Over To UK Authorities 'In Coming Weeks Or Days': RT (express.co.uk)
Ecuador is planning to hand over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to UK authorities in the "coming weeks or even days," RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said, citing her own sources. Simonyan reported the news in a recent tweet, which was reposted by WikiLeaks. Slashdot reader Okian Warrior first shared the news. Daily Express reports: Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan is said to be involved in the diplomatic effort, which has come weeks ahead of a visit by new Ecuadorian president, Lenin Moreno, who called Mr Assange an "inherited problem." He also referred to the exiled WikiLeaks founder as a "stone in the shoe." Sources close to Assange claim he was not aware of the talks, but believe America is piling "significant pressure" on Ecuador to give him up, according to the Sunday Times. The sources claim that America has threatened to block a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if he is not removed from the embassy, based in Knightsbridge, west London. UPDATE 7/21/18: The Intercept also confirmed the news. Glen Greenwald, former reporter for The Guardian, writes: "A source close to the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry and the President's office, unauthorized to speak publicly, has confirmed to the Intercept that Moreno is close to finalizing, if he has not already finalized, an agreement to hand over Assange to the UK within the next several weeks. The withdrawal of asylum and physical ejection of Assange could come as early as this week."
It DIDN'T make it to court. He was questioned and released unconditionally.
Later the USA went on a fishing expedition, found that he'd been questioned about something in a country they have a nice extradition agreement with, and re-opened the case.
Remember: He's not accused of anything yet, they just want him for "questioning". All the "rape" nonsense is just what they've been feeding the press to turn the public against him. What they really want is for him to step on Swedish soil so they can grab him and take him to the USA (where his only crime so far is making people in power look bad).
It's corruption all the way up and it sucks to be him.
No sig today...
They revealed massive corruption and election rigging at the DNC. To deflect from this, Democrats followed the model used by the Bush Administration (packed with draft dodgers) accused John Kerry of cowardice. Her own campaign staff saw Uranium One as a huge liability for her, so they engaged in an epic bout of Swiftboating and projected Clinton's corruption with Russia and election meddling onto Trump.