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Swedish Prosecutor Finally Treks to London to Question Julian Assange

posted by janrinok on Tuesday November 15 2016, @12:23AM   Printer-friendly
from the times-they-are-a'changing dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @10:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 15 2016, @10:22PM (#427241)

    This is pure speculation and probably not true, but...

    We have Wikileaks releasing numerous things damaging of Clinton during the run-up to the election. Then, once Trump was elected, finally progress is made on releasing Assange. A conspiracy theorist might conclude that Trump cut a deal with Assange that if he helped the US would stop putting pressure on Sweden.

    Of course, this theory would work much better if it were after Trump's formal inauguration so I'm sure that it's all just a coincidence. Mostly.