He’s trying to make a deal with Sweden and Hillary. This is totally about his getting out of the embassy. He doesn’t give a hoot about our election.
He's sentenced himself to embassy incarceration.
He'd have to negotiate more than simply avoiding extradition.
The Liberals have a bounty on his head. He needs an identity exchange and a cave in plain sight to duck the targets on his back.
If he gets out he will soon thereafter assume room temperature.