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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is finally being questioned by prosecutors more than six years after he was first accused of rape in Sweden.
Ingrid Isgren, Sweden's deputy chief prosecutor, arrived at the Ecuadorian Embassy this morning, according to The Guardian, ending a stalemate which began in 2012 when the South American nation offered Assange political asylum on the grounds that he faced political persecution from the United States.
Assange claims that the rape accusations, which he denies, are part of a plot to extradite him to the United States that would swing into action were he to answer prosecutors' questions in the Scandinavian country.
The interview suggests some forward movement is being made in the diplomatic deadlock between Ecuador and Sweden regarding the arrangements for Swedish prosecutors to talk to Assange in the embassy.
(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Tuesday November 15 2016, @06:11PM
Not to mention we already have proof the whole thing is nothing but a scam to give him a ride on the torture taxi [amazon.com] as its called. For those that missed it when he first sought asylum the Ecuadorian ambassador said they would be happy to hand him over to Sweden all they had to do was sign a simple document that said "We want Assange for charges in our country and will let him go if the charges are dropped or he is acquitted and will not hand him over to the United States while he is in our custody or on our soil" which if they REALLY wanted him for a local rape charge? Should have been a trivial thing to sign.....they refused.
At that point anybody with eyes should have been able to see it was nothing but an excuse for a rendition ride, that the second he was in their custody all charges would have been dropped and he would have been handed over to the US and gotten a one way flight to either Gitmo or the Pakistan torture chambers.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.