Washington’s Blog – by Eric Zeusse
On June 28th, the Washington Examiner headlined “Pence pressed Ecuadorian president on country’s protection of Julian Assange” and
reported that “Vice President Mike Pence discussed the asylum status of
Julian Assange during a meeting with Ecuador’s leader on Thursday,
following pressure from Senate Democrats who have voiced concerns over
the country’s protection of the WikiLeaks founder.” Pence had been given
this assignment by U.S. President Donald Trump. The following day, the Examiner bannered “Mike Pence raises Julian Assange case with Ecuadorean president, White House confirms” and
reported that the White House had told the newspaper, “They agreed to
remain in close coordination on potential next steps going forward.”
On August 24th, a court-filing by Kellen S. Dwyer, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Alexandria Division of the Eastern District of Virginia,
stated: “Due to the sophistication of the defendant and the publicity
surrounding the case, no other procedure [than sealing the case, hiding
it from the public] is likely to keep confidential the fact that Assange
has been charged. … This motion and the proposed order would need to
remain sealed until Assange is arrested in connection with the charges
in the criminal complaint and can therefore no longer evade or avoid
arrest and extradition in this matter.” That filing was discovered by
Seamus Hughes, a terrorism expert at the Program on Extremism at George
Washington University. On November 15th, he posted an excerpt of it on Twitter, just hours after the Wall Street Journal had
reported on the same day that the Justice Department was preparing to
prosecute Assange. However, now that we know “the fact that Assange has
been charged” and that the U.S. Government is simply waiting “until
Assange is arrested in connection with the charges in the criminal
complaint and can therefore no longer evade or avoid arrest and
extradition in this matter,” it is clear and public that the
arrangements which were secretly made between Trump’s agent Pence and
the current President of Ecuador are expected to deliver Assange into
U.S. custody for criminal prosecution, if Assange doesn’t die at the
Ecuadorean Embassy first.
On November 3rd (which, of course, preceded the disclosures on November 15th), Julian Assange’s mother, Christine Ann Hawkins, described in detail what has happened to her son since the time of Pence’s meeting with Ecuador’s President. She said:.........http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/trump-quietly-orders-elimination-of-assange/236626
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