Assange stands by his offer to be extradited

Posted by | January 19, 2017 16:00 | Filed under: Politics

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With the imminent release of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange says he is willing to be extradited.

Assange has stood by his offer to go to the US now Chelsea Manning is being released.

The 45-year-old said last week that he would leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London if President Obama freed former US Army intelligence analyst Manning, who was jailed for 35 years for leaking documents relating to the Iraq war.

Speaking from the embassy where he is currently holed up over a rape allegation, he signalled via social media that there would be “many discussions” on his future before Manning leaves jail in May.

The transgender former intelligence analyst, born Bradley Manning, said she had passed on government and military documents to raise awareness about the impact of war.

Assange welcomed the outgoing president’s decision to free the former soldier nearly 30 years early.

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12 responses to Assange stands by his offer to be extradited

  1. anothertoothpick January 19th, 2017 at 16:16

    Ass onge has tickets to the inaugural along with 2 free nights at trump DC

    Curtesy of pumpkin head as a “thanks for the help”

  2. robert January 19th, 2017 at 22:15

    I’m betting the far right will find a way to keep him out of the USA.

    • RandyBastard January 21st, 2017 at 14:24

      I’m betting he’s pardoned by President Trump the moment he sets foot on U.S. soil.

      • robert January 21st, 2017 at 16:15

        You can’t pardon someone who didn’t go through trial and by that time there will be a few battleships sunk

        • RandyBastard January 21st, 2017 at 17:13

          That’s what I thought too. But I heard a discussion about it just recently and the Nixon pardon may have effectively changed that.

          • robert January 21st, 2017 at 20:23

            One small detail,julian isn’t an American Therefore” pardon ” won’t apply.

            2nd cyber crimes probably and most likely will be handled like the 911 commission since we are talking about secretary Clinton getting hacked and Julian being the recipient plus much more

            • RandyBastard January 22nd, 2017 at 10:30

              Anyone who runs afoul of our federal laws can be pardoned by the president. No need to be a citizen.

              • robert January 22nd, 2017 at 20:48

                Julian has information that our gov wants and it isn’t going to be easy to extract in court so jail in most likely in his future.

                A pardon without court would be almost if not completely impossible

                • RandyBastard January 22nd, 2017 at 21:16

                  “At the Constitutional Convention of 1787 debate on this point was won by the delegates who urged that pardons be permitted before conviction (see Zimmet, ”The Law of Pardon,” 1974-75
                  Annual Survey of American Law, page 179; ”The Nixon Pardon,”
                  Connecticut Law Review, 1974, Volume 7, page 56).

                  Accordingly, the Constitution simply provides that the President ”shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment”
                  (Article II, section 2).

                  The leading Supreme Court case is Ex parte Garland (1867). Justice Stephen J. Field, writing for the Court in a 5-4 decision, held that the President’s pardoning power is ”unlimited,” and ”It extends to every offense known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken, or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment.”

                  • robert January 23rd, 2017 at 09:32

                    Lol if trump pardons this clown its Donald who will need to Google for a place to hide. Cyber hacking is a hot topic in this country and Julian is on top of most wanted lists.

                    Try and wrap your mind around how dumb it would be to allow this dude to keep communicating with hackers who continue to cause problems while getting people killed

                  • robert January 23rd, 2017 at 09:44

                    Let’s take this conversation a step further by saying trump is a ” pardon ” kind of a guy, why doesn’t Ed snowden send a email to trump stating his innocence?

                    Perhaps you can Google a court case for him as well

  3. robert January 23rd, 2017 at 09:51

    If you did a survey on Nixon I’m more then sure most would tell you he should have been prosecuted Maybe that’s why our elected seem to think they can break laws lie,steal and cheat and nothing will happen to them because it’s on the books that Nixon got away with it…

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