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Jimmy Dore Says Donald Trump Should Pardon Julian Assange For Freedom Of Speech & Press

Comedian and political commentator Jimmy Dore appeared on Tucker Carlson’s show on Friday and argued for the release of imprisoned journalist Julian Assange. Dore began by touching on the recent censorship happening on technology platforms, arguing that it violates American free speech protections. In a YouTube clip of his appearance, the commentator claimed that George […]

By Tyler MacDonald | 2y ago

Hillary Clinton’s State Department Ignored Julian Assange’s Warning, WikiLeaks Editor-In-Chief Says

WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson spoke to RT on Thursday and touched on the recent Project Veritas leak that purportedly shows Julian Assange warning Hillary Clinton’s State Department of an incoming leak of unredacted United States diplomatic cables from a former WikiLeaks employee. According to Hrafnsson, the WikiLeaks founder offered to help Clinton’s department mitigate the […]

By Tyler MacDonald | 2y ago

Julian Assange Will Likely Die In Prison Without A Pardon From Donald Trump, Journalist Says

Journalist Glenn Greenwald issued a dire prediction on Sunday about the future for Julian Assange — who is currently imprisoned in London, England — without the help of a pardon from Donald Trump. “I think it’s very likely Assange will die in prison absent a pardon from Trump (and establishment liberals, being the deranged sociopaths […]

By Tyler MacDonald | 2y ago

Julian Assange Secretly Fathered Two Children With His Lawyer While Holed Up In Ecuadorian Embassy

Julian Assange secretly fathered two children with his lawyer while he was holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, then he reportedly went to great lengths to keep the public from finding out. The South African-born lawyer who worked with the WikiLeaks founder during his time in isolation in London, 37-year-old Stella Morris, has […]

By Nathan Francis | 3y ago

Donald Trump Offered Julian Assange Pardon In Quid Pro Quo For Covering Up Russian Election Hack, Lawyers Say

In August 2017, about three months after former special counsel Robert Mueller began his investigation, Donald Trump offered a quid pro quo to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, as reported by The Guardian. According to Assange’s lawyers, the president granted him a pardon on any charges stemming from his role as founder of the document-dumping site. […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 3y ago

Meghan McCain & Pamela Anderson Clash Over Julian Assange On ‘The View’

Meghan McCain once again got passionate about her political views during an episode of The View, though on Thursday she wasn’t auguring with her usual adversaries, the other regular co-hosts of The View, but instead with actress Pamela Anderson who was a guest on the popular ABC roundtable show. The women clashed over Julian Assange, […]

By Connor Perrett | 4y ago

Julian Assange Met Extensively With Russians And ‘World-Class Hackers’ During 2016 Election, Report Claims

Julian Assange had extensive meetings with Russians and “world-class hackers” during the 2016 American presidential election, a time when his organization WikiLeaks was accused of coordinating with the Russian government to interfere in the election. A new report from CNN details how the WikiLeaks founder received in-person deliveries during these suspicious meetings, potentially receiving hacked […]

By Nathan Francis | 4y ago

If Julian Assange Violated The Espionage Act, So Did Donald Trump

The logic by which the U.S. Department of Justice is prosecuting Julian Assange via the Espionage Act could also be applied similarly to President Donald Trump himself, according to an analysis by Mike Masnick, published on Techdirt. Masnick begins by pointing out that the charges brought against Assange are extremely broad. Namely, Assange is accused […]

By Josh West | 4y ago

Elizabeth Warren Slams Trump For Espionage Charges Against Julian Assange, Calls It Attack On First Amendment

Elizabeth Warren has joined a growing number of people speaking out against the Trump administration for bringing forward espionage charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, with the 2020 candidate referring to the charges as an attack on the First Amendment. Assange faces a number of charges for publishing classified military and diplomatic documents, including charges […]

By Nathan Francis | 4y ago

Julian Assange’s Computers, Cell Phones, Documents Will Be Given To United States, Ecuadorian Government Says

The legal troubles for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continued on Sunday, around two weeks after he was sentenced to spend 50 weeks behind bars. Per The Inquisitr, he will be serving his sentence in the United Kingdom. Assange skipped out on his bail following his 2010 arrest in Sweden on rape charges. But his role […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Pamela Anderson Visits Julian Assange In Jail, Believes He Is ‘The World’s Most Innocent Man’

Actress Pamela Anderson has made it her mission to prove that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is innocent and should not be sentenced to prison. According to The Guardian, the actress visited Assange at Belmarsh prison where he is being held and claimed that he is “the world’s most innocent man.” Assange, an Australian citizen, was […]

By Isabel Leah Cohen | 4y ago

Chelsea Manning To Remain In Jail For Refusing To Testify About WikiLeaks

A federal appeals court judge has rejected former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning’s request to be released from jail following her incarceration for contempt of court last month. Manny had previously served seven years in prison for leaking intelligence documents. Manning, who has been jailed since March 8, argued that her rights were being violated […]

By Amy Feinstein | 4y ago

Ecuador’s President Accuses Julian Assange Of Using Embassy As A ‘Center For Spying’

The president of Ecuador has accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of trying to use the country’s embassy in London as a “center for spying.” Lenín Moreno said during an interview with The Guardian that Assange repeatedly violated his asylum conditions during the nearly seven years that he stayed at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. He […]

By Maria Goncalves | 4y ago

Ecuador Spent Close To $1 Million Per Year Housing Julian Assange, Report Shows

Housing Julian Assange during his seven-year hide-out in London was reportedly a costly endeavor for Ecuador. The WikiLeaks founder was granted asylum by Ecuador and allowed to live in the country’s London embassy for the last seven years, until the country dropped his protection and Assange was arrested this week. A new report from Ecuador’s […]

By Nathan Francis | 4y ago

Julian Assange’s Cat Is Safe And Sound, WikiLeaks Confirms

Julian Assange’s “WikiLeaks Cat,” the feline that accompanied him as he held out for years in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid arrest and extradition, is alive and well and in good hands, WikiLeaks confirms. As Slate reports, this puts to an end to days of concern about what would become of the feline […]

By Aaron Homer | 4y ago

Noam Chomsky Blasts Julian Assange’s ‘Scandalous’ Arrest, Calls It Deeply Disturbing On Many Levels

MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky blasted the arrest of Julian Assange as being “scandalous” on many levels, according to Democracy Now. Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested on Thursday morning by London’s Metropolitan Police. While it was initially believed that he was arrested by British authorities for skipping bail on a separate charge, it […]

By Mohit Priyadarshi | 4y ago

Julian Assange Smeared Feces On Walls Of Embassy During His Stay, Ecuador’s Interior Minister Says

Julian Assange was reportedly a very bad houseguest during the last seven years he spent in the Ecuadorian Embassy. Not long after the WikiLeaks founder was arrested on Thursday when the Ecuadorian government dropped his right to asylum in its London embassy, reports emerged of the disgusting stay he had there for seven years. There […]

By Nathan Francis | 4y ago

Russian State Media’s Coverage Of Julian Assange’s Arrest May Reveal Major Break In Relationship With Trump

Donald Trump’s relationship with Russia may be straining, and some believe that is evident in Russian state media’s coverage of Julian Assange’s arrest. The WikiLeaks founder was arrested on Thursday after Ecuador dropped his asylum and allowed police in London to take him into custody. Shortly afterward, the U.S. Justice Department announced that Assange helped […]

By Nathan Francis | 4y ago

Russian Media Got Exclusive Julian Assange Arrest Footage, Raising More Questions About WikiLeaks Russia Link

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested Thursday morning at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, England, where he had been holed up for seven years, after Ecuador revoked his grant of asylum, as The Inquisitr reported. But in one of the more curious aspects of the dramatic arrest, the first and only footage of Assange being […]

By Jonathan Vankin | 4y ago

Trump On Assange Arrest: ‘I Know Nothing About WikiLeaks’

Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump frequently and publicly praised WikiLeaks. “I love WikiLeaks,” the president said at a rally on October 10, 2016, as he read from a piece of paper with the latest emails from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta that Wikileaks had obtained and released, as seen in this YouTube video. […]

By Stephen Silver | 4y ago

Julian Assange Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Computer Intrusion By U.S. Department Of Justice

Julian Assange, the co-founder of Wikileaks, was formally charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion due to what they described in a statement as “agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer.” Assange was arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday in accordance with […]

By Aaron Homer | 4y ago

Julian Assange Arrested At Ecuadorian Embassy In London

Julian Assange, the co-founder of the whistle-blower organization Wikileaks was arrested on Thursday at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, according to. report from BBC. The arrest brings to an end Assange’s almost seven years in the embassy, which he entered in 2012 in an effort to avoid extradition to Sweden due to a sexual assault […]

By Terrence Smith | 4y ago

Julian Assange Arrest Seems Imminent If Expelled From Ecuadorian Embassy

According to WikiLeaks, the organization’s founder, Julian Assange, could be expelled by the Ecuadorian embassy in London imminently, citing “hours to days” and attributing the timeline to a high-level source, The New York Post reports. This week, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said that Assange has violated the terms of his asylum. “[Someone has circulated] photos […]

By Josh West | 4y ago

Police Surround Ecuadorian Embassy In London Amid Rumors Of Julian Assange’s Imminent Arrest

Police reportedly surrounded the Ecuadorian embassy in London amid rumors that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing imminent arrest. The WikiLeaks founder has been holed up in the embassy since 2012, seeking asylum there to avoid extradition to Sweden on rape charges, but reports on Friday indicated that police could be prepared to arrest him. […]

By Nathan Francis | 4y ago

Chelsea Manning Jailed For Refusing To Testify During WikiLeaks Grand Jury

Chelsea Manning has been taken into custody for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury, in the same Virginia district where the government inadvertently revealed a sealed indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. As ABC News reported, Manning was taken into custody on Friday after refusing to answer the grand jury’s questions. Manning was […]

By Nathan Francis | 4y ago

WikiLeaks Tells Journalists 140 Things Not To Say About Julian Assange, Including That He Is A Russian Agent

WikiLeaks doesn’t want reporters to claim that Julian Assange is a Russian agent or that he has bad hygiene, sending a list of 140 statements the organization does not want journalists to make about its founder. WikiLeaks sent journalists a 5,000-word email on Sunday, advising them not to make “false and defamatory” statements about its […]

By Nathan Francis | 4y ago

Former CIA Officer Suggests ‘Guardian’ Was Duped By Russia

On November 27, The Guardian published a blockbuster report detailing an alleged meeting between Julian Assange and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. Reporter Luke Harding’s story went viral almost instantly, but many journalists have expressed doubt, citing Harding’s long-standing personal feud with Assange’s WikiLeaks. Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Glenn Greenwald asserted in an op-ed penned […]

By Damir Mujezinovic | 4y ago

Robert Mueller Reportedly Thinks Paul Manafort Lied About Russian Meeting & Lobbying Income

Special counsel Robert Mueller is said to believe that Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, lied about a number of things, including his personal business dealings, lobbying income, and meeting with a former Russian-Ukrainian associate. According to Business Insider, Mueller’s team filed a court report on Monday which claimed Manafort had provided untruthful statements […]

By Maria Goncalves | 4y ago

Paul Manafort, Julian Assange Deny Ever Meeting Despite Reports To The Contrary

Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort says he never met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, though a recent report says the two met at least three times in the past, according to CNN. The Guardian reported on Tuesday that Assange and Manafort met secretly at the Ecuador Embassy in London. Manafort and Assange met during […]

By KC Morgan | 4y ago

Paul Manafort And WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Secretly Met At Ecuadorian Embassy

President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort reportedly held secret talks with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, according to the Guardian. Sources told the British newspaper that Manafort visited Assange at the UK’s Ecuadorian embassy, where the WikiLeaks mastermind has been claiming diplomatic asylum for six years, at least […]

By Maria Goncalves | 4y ago

Julian Assange Will Be Extradited To The United States After Indictment, Lawyer Reportedly Claims

Julian Assange will be extradited to the United States after reportedly being indicted by the U.S. Justice Department, his lawyer said this week. The WikiLeaks founder appears to be headed to criminal charges and will soon be sent to the United States to face them, the Russian television NTV reported via Twitter. Citing Assange’s lawyer […]

By Nathan Francis | 4y ago

Department Of Justice Expecting To Prosecute WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange

The Department of Justice is planning to bring the founder of the pro-transparency organization WikiLeaks Julian Assange up on charges, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday. The Department of Justice’s prosecutors have been in deep discussions over the past year about what charges can be brought against Assange and are […]

By Terrence Smith | 4y ago

Roger Stone Actively Worked To Get WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange A ‘Blanket Pardon,’ Text Messages Show

Longtime Trump aide and Republican operative Roger Stone actively worked to get WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a “blanket pardon,” according to text messages obtained by Mother Jones. A text message Stone sent to his ally Randy Credico, who is a New York-based comedian and left-leaning political activist, saw Stone admit that he had been working […]

By Mohit Priyadarshi | 4y ago

Ecuador Asks Julian Assange To Clean His Bathroom, Take Care Of His Cat If He Wants To Use Their Internet

The Ecuadorian embassy housing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has laid out a new set of rules he must follow to be able to use the internet, including cleaning his bathroom, avoiding contentious politics, and taking care of his pet cat, according to ABC News. The nine-page memo published on Ecuadorian website Codigo Vidrio revealed that […]

By Joe Evans | 5y ago

Julian Assange Was To Be Secretly Whisked To Russia Last Year, But Plan Failed As It Was Deemed ‘Too Risky’

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was to be secretly whisked away from London’s Ecuadorian embassy all the way to Russia, an explosive report in the Guardian claims. The purported plan, which was to be carried on Christmas Eve of 2017, never materialized after it was deemed “too risky” by all those involved in the operation. Kremlin […]

By Mohit Priyadarshi | 5y ago

Julian Assange Could Face Prison In U.S. After ‘Imminent’ Removal From Ecuadorian Embassy In London

According to Business Insider, a source told the Times of London that Julian Assange faces “imminent expulsion” from the Ecuadorian embassy there. Assange, 47, has been living at the embassy since 2012 when he lost an appeal against extradition to Sweden for questioning. Assange was being sought in the wake of sexual assault and rape […]

By Inquisitr Staff | 5y ago

Pamela Anderson Says Asking President Trump To Pardon Julian Assange ‘The Smartest Move’

Actress Pamela Anderson implied to a TMZ videographer that it would be a smart move to add WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the list of those who U.S. President Donald Trump is considering pardoning. TMZ caught up with the Baywatch alum in New York City during her book tour and asked her if she would […]

By Robert Jonathan | 5y ago

Julian Assange Security Detail Pulled From Ecuadorian Embassy Following $5 Million Budget Reveal

Julian Assange, founder and editor at Wikileaks, will lose the extra security provided by the government of Ecuador after a report revealed that the South American country spent millions funding a spy network to protect him. The Guardian reports that the president of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, has officially ordered the removal of Assange’s security detail […]

By Patricia Grannum | 5y ago

Former Ecuadorian President Denounces His Country’s Treatment Of Julian Assange As ‘Torture’

Rafael Correa, the former president of Ecuador, denounced his country’s treatment of Julian Assange as “basically torture.” In an exclusive interview with The Intercept, Correa said the following. “Denial of visitors is a clear violation of his rights. Once we give asylum to someone, we are responsible for his safety, for ensuring humane living conditions. […]

By Damir Mujezinovic | 5y ago

Sarah Palin: Julian Assange ‘All About Freedom,’ Pamela Anderson Hopes Kanye West Can Free WikiLeaks Leader

Former Republican VP nominee to John McCain Sarah Palin praised WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange for being a champion of freedom even though she once called for his arrest. The WikiLeaks leader is currently stuck inside Ecuador’s embassy in London without having access to even a phone, so many celebrities, including Pamela Anderson, are coming out in […]

By Patrick Frye | 5y ago

According To Leaked Chats, WikiLeaks And Julian Assange Wanted Trump To Win And Hillary To Lose

It’s no secret that Julian Assange used WikiLeaks to support the Donald Trump campaign in 2016. In September of 2016, a WikiLeaks account sent a series of private messages to Donald Trump Jr. over Twitter detailing attack points against Hillary Clinton and attempting to form a sort of partnership between WikiLeaks and the Trump campaign. […]

By German Emilio Beard | 5y ago

Texas Woman Poses As Sean Hannity, Dupes Julian Assange Into Offering Bombshell ‘News’

A Texas woman, down with flu and looking to bide time by indulging in some classic internet trolling, managed to dupe one of the most meticulously careful people in the world — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. According to the Daily Beast, Twitter had briefly taken down Hannity’s account late on Friday night after it appeared […]

By Mohit Priyadarshi | 5y ago

Julian Assange’s Poor Hygiene Reportedly Partly To Blame For Recent Effort To Oust Him From Ecuador’s Embassy

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange reportedly suffers from sub-par hygiene, an issue that became so disturbing to Ecuadorian ambassadors to London that it played a role in Ecuador’s recent efforts to remove him from the building. As Inquisitr previously reported, authorities from Ecuador spent considerable time earlier this week attempting to negotiate a deal for Julian […]

By Patricia Ramirez | 5y ago

Julian Assange Is Granted Citizenship From Ecuador

The Ecuadorean embassy in London has been the permanent home for Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks. In an extraordinary move, Ecuador on Thursday granted citizenship to Julian Assange in an effort to move him out of their London embassy. The decision was made after the British government denied the request to give Assange diplomatic status, […]

By Anthony Carranza | 5y ago

Ecuador Reportedly Working To Remove WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange From London Embassy

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s days of holing up at Ecuador’s embassy in London may be numbered. The exiled whistleblower has been living at the embassy since 2012, when he sought asylum to avoid arrest on sex crime-related charges out of Sweden. While Swedish authorities have since dropped their investigation into Assange, he has remained at […]

By Patricia Ramirez | 5y ago

Where Is Julian Assange? After Twitter Page Mysteriously Disappears, Fans Worry Someone Trying To Silence Him

Julian Assange has apparently deleted his Twitter account, sending social media into a frenzy of conspiracy theories about the embattled WikiLeaks founder. In the late night hours on Christmas Eve, Assange’s Twitter page suddenly went missing. There had been no warnings leading up to the abrupt deletion, and Gizmodo noted that Assange had not tweeted […]

By Nathan Francis | 5y ago

New Twist In The Mueller Investigation: WikiLeaks Urged Donald Trump Jr. To Leak Father’s Tax Returns

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump presidential campaign team and Russia just took a new twist. Since the Mueller investigation indicted former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his business associate Rick Gates two weeks ago, there has been intense media speculation about who Mueller will indict next. As reported […]

By Alan Ewart | 5y ago

CNN ‘Fake News’ Videos By Project Veritas Have Some Asking If James O’Keefe Is The Next Julian Assange

Is James O’Keefe the next Julian Assange? This question, on the minds of some Twitter users, appears to be in response to O’Keefe’s recent expose on the CNN cable news network, in which he allegedly used undercover operatives and hidden cameras to show that at least some CNN employees do not sincerely believe the Russia-Trump […]

By Perri Fisher | 6y ago

WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Predicts Doom For The Democratic Party Over Russia Narrative

WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange apparently thinks the Democratic Party is doomed for pushing a false narrative about Russia’s alleged meddling in the U.S. presidential election to help Donald Trump. Is a lengthy statement released on Twitter, Assange insisted that the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow is headed for […]

By Robert Jonathan | 6y ago

Pamela Anderson Slams Donald Trump And Theresa May, Wants WikiLeaks Julian Assange Free In France

Former Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson has transitioned from TV actor to political activist over the past couple of years. Of course, Anderson has been an animal rights activist since 1999, but Anderson is now at the forefront of attempts to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder has been holed up in London’s Ecuadorian […]

By Alan Ewart | 6y ago

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