[Fedora]

Interesting. Here's what former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa is saying about it in the Russian press, FWIW: "In 2018, [US Vice President] Mike Pence visited Ecuador, and he and Moreno agreed on three things. Isolate Venezuela, which Moreno did with great enthusiasm. Drop a case against Chevron, which he gladly did as well. And hand over Assange", Correa said. The ex-president suggested that WikiLeaks’ decision to publish materials related to the so-called INA Papers leak, which sparked a corruption scandal around Moreno and his family, was "the latest straw" in the relations between Assange and Quito. Notable, WikiLeaks has noted it had not been behind the leak itself. "Moreno knows that he and his family will go to prison for corruption and money laundering. So before he leaves, he wants to harm as many people as possible, including Julian Assange […] He decided to ruin another person before going to prison. He is moved by pathological hatred and in his desire to take revenge, that's why he gave out Assange to the British police", Correa argued. The former president recalled that back in May 2017, when Paul Manafort, then the head of US President Donald Trump’s campaign, traveled to Ecuador, Moreno offered him to hand over Assange "in exchange for financial enrichment from the US". Correa characterized Moreno’s decision to hand out Assange as selling the activist’s head to the United States, where he is likely to face death penalty.: Ex- Ecuadorian President Correa: Moreno's Assange Stunt Driven by Personal Gain

[Paul R.]

Well.... Ya’ gotta admit that if Wikileaks published info. seriously harmful to Moreno, Assange’ protection was bound to vanish...

[DesertRhino]

Might have known neocon Pence was in the mix somewhere. Without Assange and wikileaks, he probably wouldn’t be vice president.

And he goes down there wanting him arrested. He’s a tool.

[piasa]

Drop a case against Chevron, which he gladly did as well.

Speaking of the case against Chevron:

How did Imran Awan come to be represented by a lawyer who is close to both Bill and Hillary Clinton? Mr. Awan, so far as one knows, does not know the Clintons personally. But his chief protector, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, certainly does. The Florida congresswoman was an outspoken ally of Hillary Clinton during her 2008 and 2016 presidential runs. And Awan’s attorney, Christopher Gowen, is also a former employee and longtime friend of the Clintons. He began his legal career on Debbie Wasserman Schultz’ home turf as a Miami-Dade County public defender. Later he would be a founding partner of Gowen Silva & Winograd, a law firm with offices in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia. His most famous (or infamous) highlight as a litigator was his defense of a fellow lawyer, Steven Donziger, who, according to a federal district court, had submitted fraudulent evidence in order to win a $9.5 billion class-action suit on behalf of several Ecuadorean citizens against Chevron; the U.S. Supreme Court last June ruled against Donziger in affirming the judgment of his unsuccessful appeal. Gowen during the George W. Bush years worked as a travel aide for Bill Clinton and for then-Senator Hillary Clinton. He also was a fact checker for Bill Clinton’s 2004 presidential memoir, My Life, and the principal advance man for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign. … ------------- The Mysteries of the House IT Scandal, NLPC, 6/18/18 | Carl Horowitz http://nlpc.org/2018/06/18/the-mysteries-of-the-house-it-scandal/ http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3665844/posts

[piasa]

Correa works for Russia Today... surprise. Just did an interview of Oliver Stone who is claiming he’s being censored.