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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange faces charges; lawyer says he'd fight
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will not willingly travel to the United States to face charges filed under seal against him, one of his lawyers said Friday, foreshadowing a possible fight over extradition for a central figure in the U.S. special counsel's Russia-Trump investigation. Assange, who ...
Newly released emails from the 2016 presidential campaign appear to show political operative Roger Stone presenting himself as a WikiLeaks insider to Steve Bannon, who was at the heart of then-candidate Donald Trump's run for president. The emails, which were published Thursday by The New ...
Ecuador does not plan to intervene with the British government on behalf of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to negotiate a way for him to leave the South American country's embassy in London, where he has lived under asylum since 2012, Ecuador's foreign minister said ...
Julian Assange sues Ecuador for violating 'fundamental rights'
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sued the Ecuadorian government on Friday for violating his "fundamental rights" and limiting his access to the outside world while in asylum at its London embassy. The 47-year-old Australian's legal action comes with speculation mounting that Ecuador is preparing to end ...
Norway police probe disappearance of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's key associate
Norwegian police on Sunday said they were investigating the disappearance of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's associate, Arjen Kamphuis, a cybersecurity expert, who was last seen in northern Norway. "We have started an investigation," police spokesman Tommy Bech told AFP, adding that so far they had ...
'I've never been in favor' of Wikileaks' activities, Ecuador president says
Ecuador's president, signaling his government's desire to end the long sojourn of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in its London embassy, said on Friday he had never supported Assange's leaking activities. President Lenin Moreno confirmed a July 15 report in London's Sunday Times that Ecuador and ...
U.K. judge refuses to stop legal action against WikiLeaks' Assange
A British judge refused on Tuesday to halt legal proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for jumping bail and fleeing to the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012. The ruling leaves Assange, 46, in a legal and diplomatic impasse, with no way out of ...
Ecuador President Lenin Moreno on Sunday described WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as an "inherited problem" that has created "more than a nuisance" for his government. "We hope to have a positive result" on the issue, he said in an interview with television networks. Earlier this month, ...
Axed Google memo writer draws jeers, cheers and job offer from Assange
The male Google engineer fired for circulating a memo decrying the company's diversity hiring program became the center of a heated debate on sexism, drawing scorn, cheers and even a job offer on Tuesday from WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. James Damore, 28, confirmed his dismissal ...
Assange a 'hacker' but can stay at London embassy, Ecuador's new president says
Ecuador's new leftist President Lenin Moreno said on Monday Julian Assange is a "hacker," making his strongest comments to date against the WikiLeaks founder while still stressing he could stay on in the country's London embassy. Moreno, who was sworn in earlier this month, has ...
With Manning granted clemency, will WikiLeaks head Assange keep promise to agree to extradition?
President Barack Obama's decision Tuesday to commute Chelsea Manning's sentence brought fresh attention to another figure involved in the U.S. Army leaker's case: Julian Assange. On Twitter last week, Assange's anti-secrecy site, WikiLeaks, posted, "If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to U.S. extradition ...
WikiLeaks has blamed Ecuador for cutting off founder Julian Assange's internet access while he is holed up at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, and while his group is releasing thousands of emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman. Assange has been at the embassy for more ...
