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Arthur Besse to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago

Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extradition

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Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder in last-ditch bid to avoid US extradition

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Arthur Besse to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago
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Julian Assange: Lawyers describe US prosecution as state retaliation
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The Wikileaks founder's legal team tell the High Court that his extradition will go against UK law.
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    • Teapot [he/him]
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      Right, I’m sure the US had nothing to do with the charges that Sweden was trying to file. I’m sure that Ecuador let him hide in the embassy since 2012 for no good reason

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        • Lemmygradwontallowme [he/him, comrade/them]
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          Your conspiracy falls apart when you look at Chelsea Manning, she was sentenced to 35 years, got the government to pay for her transition, her sentence was commuted after 7 years, and she went on to cuckole Elon Musk.

          First of all, whataboutism and ad hominem (specifically about ‘privilege’), second, 7 years is a lot, if you can compare it to Jeffery Epstein’s sentence deal of 1.5 years (18 months)…

          Assange raped two women, used his propaganda outlet to push conspiracy theories and hid in the only embassy that would take him. Later he was kicked out of the Ecuadorian embassy for using it to collude with Russia to influence the US election.

          Honestly, outside of politics, Assange should’ve prbly been held for trial for that, in Sweden, NOT in America. Also, when did he decide to push conspiracy theories (I never heard him support Qanon)? And well, I kinda think the Russia collusion here is more of a post-hoc justification for the U.S to get him so…

          Critique me if you want…

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      it wasn’t until he conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election that the US decided to SEEK extradition.

      Let’s see NATOWikipedia over here…

      In 2012, diplomatic cables between Australia and the United States were released that showed the US government was investigating Assange and that “a broad range of possible charges are under consideration, including espionage and conspiracy”. The diplomats dismissed claims the investigation was politically motivated, and highlighted prosecutors’ claims that Manning was “guided by WikiLeaks’ list of ‘most wanted’ leaks”.[196]

      Idk man, seems pretty planned-out to me…

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      I don’t like this journalist’s source, let’s fucking kill him

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