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BBC: JULIAN ASSANGE to plead guilty in deal with U.S.
BBC ^ | June 24 | BBC

Posted on 06/24/2024 4:43:15 PM PDT by RandFan

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to US criminal charges as part of a deal that allows him to go free, according to court documents.

Assange, 52, was charged with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information.

For years, the US has argued that the Wikileaks files - which disclosed information about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars - endangered lives.

He has spent the last five years in a British prison, from where he has been fighting extradition to the US.

According to CBS, the BBC's US partner, Assange will spend no time in US custody and will receive credit for the time spent incarcerated in the UK. Before that, he had taken refuge in Ecuador's London embassy for seven years.

Assange will return to Australia, according to a letter from the justice department.

He and his lawyers had long claimed that the case against him was politically motivated.

In April, US President Joe Biden said that he was considering a request from Australia to drop the prosecution against Assange.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: RandFan

Another sign steal 2024 is baked in?


21 posted on 06/24/2024 6:09:36 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
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To: Jane Long

If he was you think such links would be both publicly available and definitive? From his public statements I think he’s primarily an anarchist. An anarchist who if circumstances were different would be against instead of currently aligned with us.


22 posted on 06/24/2024 6:13:04 PM PDT by Reily
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To: nickcarraway

You suggested a ChiCom connection years ago, but the preponderance of opinion here has been that he’s some kind of hero.

Typical posts:

Trump should have overridden that WH attorney and pardoned Assange while he had the chance.

2/11/2021, 10:49:20 PM by Little Pig

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BREAKING: President Trump will pardon Julian Assange
Twitter ^ | Dec 14 | Pastor Mark Burns
Posted on 12/14/2020, 11:41:52 AM by RandFan

Don’t know how reliable the Pastor is but if this is true then this is great news!
GO TRUMP!

12/14/2020, 11:41:52 AM by RandFan

I just pray that he blows the whistle on the DNC, Hillary, Podesta et al.

12/14/2020, 11:48:59 AM by surrey

Flynn and Assange both know where the bodies are buried.

Both are now free to talk.

12/14/2020, 12:00:34 PM by MNDude

I hope so! Julian Assange is a HERO and not a criminal!!!

12:12:21 PM by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )


23 posted on 06/24/2024 6:13:06 PM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: RandFan

They threatened Trump if he pardoned Assange (McConnell said he’d back finding Trump guilty on an impeachment charge if he pardoned Assange).


24 posted on 06/24/2024 6:19:33 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man (The last two wen't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Several senators said they would do that back then


25 posted on 06/24/2024 6:20:42 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan; All

Seems like the Biden campaign is in full swing. DOJ, of course is completely detached.


26 posted on 06/24/2024 6:23:50 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: RandFan

That would make sense. I wondered why Trump didn’t pardon JA, because Wikleaks was a big problem for Hillary in 2016. Another thing is that Trump wouldn’t want to appear to be colluding with JA.


27 posted on 06/24/2024 6:27:25 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

Yes he was threatened by McConnell, Graham etc.

It’s never been officially said but those were the rumors

It makes sense too...


28 posted on 06/24/2024 6:28:30 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: nickcarraway

I guess we are supposed to believe it’s a coincidence that he is Klaus Schwab’s godson?

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Where’d you ever get that from?

I doubt if Klaus Schwab is any kind of Christian at all.

He’s demonic.


29 posted on 06/24/2024 6:30:18 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: Jane Long

Klaus Schwab is in no way a Christian. Demons aren’t Christian.


30 posted on 06/24/2024 6:31:42 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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To: laplata; nickcarraway

Klaus Schwab is in no way a Christian. Demons aren’t Christian.


:-)

I think you meant to post that to nickcarraway.


31 posted on 06/24/2024 6:33:50 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: laplata; nickcarraway

I’ve asked nick for a link to that whopper.

We’ll see what s/he comes up with!


32 posted on 06/24/2024 6:34:46 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: laplata

I see you DID post that to nick, in the post above.

;-)


33 posted on 06/24/2024 6:35:17 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: RandFan

I am also curious about the JFK files. Maybe some of the family members of the conspirators wanted to keep them secret?


34 posted on 06/24/2024 6:36:35 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: nickcarraway

What???


35 posted on 06/24/2024 6:50:14 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.")
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To: nickcarraway; everyone

😳🫣Sir, what you’ve just posted has to be one of the most insanely idiotic things I’ve ever read. 😑😐At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. 🙄🤨Everyone on this forum is now dumber for having read it. 🤔🫤You are awarded no points & may God have mercy on your soul!

😫I’m just....I’m....I’m, well, frankly I’m verklempt! 😱I need a moment to gather myself! 🤗Please talk amongst yourselves. 😬Let me give you a topic: dumb conspiracy theories- they’re neither conspiracies nor theories- just dumb. Discuss! 🤫🤭🫣


36 posted on 06/24/2024 7:27:25 PM PDT by redheadedshannon ( )
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To: nickcarraway

Nicky ... come back!! With your links/sources, to your, er, statements.


37 posted on 06/24/2024 7:29:31 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: RandFan

Brennan will arrange for the demise of Assange.

If I were Assange, I would skeedaddle for a remote mountainous cave unknown to most, somewhere in Nepal.


38 posted on 06/24/2024 7:33:20 PM PDT by Candor7 (Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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To: RandFan

The people who put him in prison should be in prison.

Pompeo the Scumbag wanted to murder him.


39 posted on 06/24/2024 7:57:05 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: redheadedshannon; everyone
Maybe you don't know all the facts of the case. I don't don't support the far left or the transgender movement. Do you support Obama. Obama was complicit in trying to cover up Assange's crimes.


Stop parroting the mainstream media lies and look at these facts:

Assange was not a whistleblower, he was a spy.


Julian Assange was an accessory to TREASON. He got a U.S. Army Private/Specialist to STEAL U.S. secrets and pass them to U.S. enemies! So many times conservatives have complained about treason, and here someone is caught redhanded.

Then, President Obama commuted Manning's sentence and had Mannign fully released. IF YOU SUPPORT ASSANGE YOU ARE SUPPORTING OBAMA AND LEGALIZING TREASON. Explain to me why you think Obama is so wonderful that he did this?

Now that Manning is free, Manning is an activist for extreme transgender rights. "Chelsea Manning" advocates for children to have surgery and puberty blockers and be taken away from their parents! Advocating for Riley Gaines, and anyone who fights against them to be put in jail!

Those are complete facts, but you are going to go CNN and promote them as conspiracy theories?

Third, when U.S. secrets that were treasonously stolen, and given to the country's enemies, U.S. service personnel and intelligence assets LOST THEIR LIVES! How many? Obama and Biden have done EVERYTHING in their power to cover it up. How come there is no transparency!

There is no evidence Assange did everything benevolent in his life. Why are conservatives being told they have toe the far left line. He is a total deep state asset!

40 posted on 06/24/2024 8:06:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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