Julian Assange was arrested by London police today as the U.S. charged the Wikileaks founder with hacking crimes
Share to twitterLONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 11: Julian Assange gestures to the media from a police vehicle on his arrival at Westminster Magistrates court on April 11, 2019 in London, England. After weeks of speculation Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by.
The indictment detailed direct contact between Assange and Manning. In one exchange regarding Guantanamo Bay, Manning told Assange that"after this upload, that's all I really have got left." Assange replied,"curious eyes never run dry in my experience." He faces a maximum of five years in prison if found guilty.
Jennifer Robinson, Assange's lawyer, tweeted that Assange had been arrested for a breach of bail conditions as well as the extradition request from the U.S. Robinson couldn't be reached for comment at the time of publication. Assange entered the Ecuadorian Embassy in seven years ago after the UK Supreme Court ruled that the Australian national should be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of rape and sexual assault.
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