Assange is free
Julian Assange Has Reached Plea Deal With U.S. Allowing Him to Go Free
"Julian Assange is free," Wikileaks announced Monday night on Twitter. "He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK."
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This is a huge win for Biden.
I would assume he ordered this because his poll numbers are in the dump among progressives due to his support for the Gaza Genocide but it's still the right choice.
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Though Donald Trump repeatedly said he "loves" Wikileaks while on the campaign trail in 2016, after getting elected he abandoned Assange and reportedly ordered his arrest.
Q: "Do you still love Wikileaks?"
President Trump: "I know nothing about WikiLeaks. It's not my thing." pic.twitter.com/tMwRTjjFmU
- CSPAN (@cspan) April 11, 2019
Trump had the opportunity to pardon Assange years ago but chose not to. Instead Mike Pompeo and others in the admin plotted to assassinate him, while Trump set drug dealers free https://t.co/EHBIbFrp6A pic.twitter.com/MZFZVQ1eK9
- Charlie Nash (@CharlieNash) June 25, 2024
Asked by Candace Owens why he didn't pardon Assange or Edward Snowden, Trump said, "There was some spying things, and there was some bad things released that really set us back and really hurt us with what they did."
Though Trump claimed he was torn about pardoning Assange and Snowden due to unspecified "spying" issues, he had no similar qualms when it came to pardoning the Israeli handler of traitor and spy Jonathan Pollard, Israeli colonel Aviem Sella, who fled the US and escaped justice after Pollard was arrested.
President Trump on his last day in office pardoned Israeli colonel Aviem Sella, the convicted handler of US-born Jewish-American intelligence analyst and traitor Jonathan Pollard who stole US military secrets and sold them to Israel. https://t.co/UqtqgSNvnV
- Chris Menahan (@infolibnews) January 20, 2021
Pollard is considered by many to be the most damaging spy in US history and yet Trump released him from the terms of his parole so he could "make Aliyah" in Israel.
Freed traitor Jonathan Pollard stabs America in the back once again - encourages American Jews to spy for Israel and embrace dual loyalty in first major interview since release. https://t.co/t1rWjhMvhc
- Chris Menahan (@infolibnews) March 30, 2021
After Pollard was flown to Israel on billionaire pro-Israel GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson's private plane and given a hero's welcome by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he gave an interview encouraging American Jews to spy for Israel and embrace "dual loyalty."