Donald Trump on US charging Julian Assange: 'It's OK with me'
Donald Trump, who once told supporters “I love WikiLeaks”, has said “it’s OK with me” if the Justice Department wants to charge Julian Assange.
US officials have prepared charges seeking the arrest of the Wikileaks founder. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has told reporters that securing the arrest of Mr Assange, who has been living in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012, is a priority.
“We are going to step up our effort and already are stepping up our efforts on all leaks. This is a matter that’s gone beyond anything I’m aware of,” said Mr Sessions.
“We have professionals that have been in the security business of the United States for many years that are shocked by the number of leaks and some of them are quite serious.”
The Justice Department investigation of Mr Assange and WikiLeaks, dates to at least 2010, when the site first gained widespread attention for posting thousands of obtained by the former US Army intelligence analyst now known as Chelsea Manning.
Prosecutors have struggled with whether the First Amendment precluded the prosecution of Mr Assange, but now believe they have found a way to move forward.
Mr Trump has said that he is not in the decision-making process as to whether Mr Assange should be charged. Yet according to to the Associated Press, he said if Mr Sessions and the DOJ wanted to proceed with such a move, he would be fine with the decision.
CNN said that in recent months, US officials have focused on the possibility that a new government in Ecuador would expel Mr Assange and he could be arrested. But the left-leaning presidential candidate who won the recent election in the South American nation has since promised to continue to provide a safe haven to him. (Election interference failed)
Last week in a speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, CIA Director Mike Pompeo said: “WikiLeaks directed Chelsea Manning to intercept specific secret information, and it overwhelmingly focuses on the United States.”
He added: “It’s time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is: A non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like Russia.”
Deep State and neocon kikes coup successful
Where are Clinton Foundation indictments? The newly appointed CIA director is doing exactly what king niggers administration did; blame Russia, his speech was crosschecked with white house and green lit. Prepare for possible raid on Ecuadorian embassy in the coming months. CIA is now meeting with 5EYES in Australia, possibly preparing the framework to move forward. Make sure you got a backup of Wikileaks dead men switch.
16min - Democracy Now interview with Julian Assange.
youtube.com/watch?v=FrjXnvkKGMM
12min - CNN interview with Jeff Sessions regarding filing charges against Julian Assange.
youtube.com/watch?v=lMsOf6gsnXY
1hr 11m - A Discussion on National Security with CIA Director Mike Pompeo
youtube.com/watch?v=pe3ApagvwNM
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-julian-assange-wikileaks-response-a7696326.html