Report: DOJ Readies Assange Prosecution

[candycorn]

Justice Department Preparing To Prosecute WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: WSJ

DOJ expects to soon prosecute Assange, who has been living in London, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. Justice Department said it is planning to prosecute controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Sources told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that the department is also hopeful it will get Assange ― who has been holed up in an Ecuadorean embassy in London since 2012 ― into a U.S. courtroom.

Assange fled Sweden in 2012 over allegations of sexual assault and rape. Though prosecutors dropped the case last year, he still faces arrest for breaching bail conditions should he leave the embassy.

Justice Department Preparing To Prosecute WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: WSJ

Great news! The sooner the better! Assange has much to answer for.

Why is the DOJ prosecuting Assange for crimes supposedly committed in Sweden?

If you read the article it says they are looking at espionage charges...the Swedish charges have been droppped.
"Assange fled Sweden in 2012 over allegations of sexual assault and rape. Though prosecutors dropped the case last year, he still faces arrest for breaching bail conditions should he leave the embassy."
Justice Department Preparing To Prosecute WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: WSJ | HuffPost

"The exact charges Justice Department might pursue remain unclear, but they may involve the Espionage Act, which criminalizes the disclosure of national defense-related information."
U.S. Is Optimistic It Will Prosecute Assange

"The Justice Department is weighing anew whether to charge Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, for his role in the disclosure of highly classified information that the United States government claims has harmed national security and diplomatic relations, a law enforcement official said.

The debate among prosecutors, which the official described as vigorous, is being fueled by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who said at a news conference Thursday that arresting Mr. Assange was a priority for the Justice Department.

But the official said prosecutors were skeptical that they could pursue the most serious charges, of espionage, with regard to the documents Mr. Assange disclosed years ago with the help of an Army intelligence analyst, Chelsea Manning. Ms. Manning was convicted and sent to prison, but President Barack Obama commuted her sentence in January.
A lesser charge could be theft of government documents, but the official said prosecutors wanted, ideally, to pursue more serious counts against Mr. Assange, who has sought refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden on accusations of rape."
Justice Department Weighs Charges Against Julian Assange

This is the way it’s supposed to work.

 

[BuckToothMoron]

Justice Department Preparing To Prosecute WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: WSJ

DOJ expects to soon prosecute Assange, who has been living in London, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. Justice Department said it is planning to prosecute controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Sources told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that the department is also hopeful it will get Assange ― who has been holed up in an Ecuadorean embassy in London since 2012 ― into a U.S. courtroom.

Assange fled Sweden in 2012 over allegations of sexual assault and rape. Though prosecutors dropped the case last year, he still faces arrest for breaching bail conditions should he leave the embassy.

Justice Department Preparing To Prosecute WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: WSJ

Great news! The sooner the better! Assange has much to answer for.

Yeah, that dude needs to answer for his illegal activities. Many folks look at him as a hero, and in some ways he may be. But what he did could just have easily been used for harmful purposes. I’m sure Hellary would like to have a few minutes alone with him.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Assange is just a fence that deals in stolen merchandise. He is no different than the guy pawing stolen watches.

Look at the so-called "libertarian" lining up with the government thugs trying to get a pound of flesh out of guy speaking truth to power.

Assange published truth about a couple of notorious douchebags, Hillary and Podesta.

You always take the side of the swamp.

It has nothing to do with the swamp and everything to do with dealing in stolen merchandise.

I view Assange no different than I view Manning or Snowden. I am sure those two are you hero’s also.

As one that spent most of his Marine Corps career protecting classified material I take this shit a bit more serious.


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Assange doesn't have a security clearance, nor did he sign a disclosure agreement, so there's no comparison. He's not even a U.S. citizen. Nor has he ever even been in the USA.

It's hilarious to watch you attack the guy who's only "crime" is exposing to lying douchebags.

His crime is dealing in stolen merchandise.

Ironic to watch you defend such actions.


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Since no money changed hands, that's obviously false.

That does not make the merchandise any less stolen.

I am a bit surprised to see you fight against this, it is your saviors DOJ doing it after all.

I just made a calendar entry for the first time you disagreed with Trump.


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[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

If all he did was publish information that was leaked to him by somebody else, then he has the same First Amendment protections as the New York Times, which did the exact same thing when they published the Pentagon Papers.

The Pentagon Papers were internal to America - not foreign collusion like with Assange and Russia to influence a U.S. presidential election.

Why the fuck does it matter what the fucking alleged motive is and the players involved, you hypocritical pile of hyena shit?

 

[bripat9643]

Look at the so-called "libertarian" lining up with the government thugs trying to get a pound of flesh out of guy speaking truth to power.

Assange published truth about a couple of notorious douchebags, Hillary and Podesta.

You always take the side of the swamp.

It has nothing to do with the swamp and everything to do with dealing in stolen merchandise.

I view Assange no different than I view Manning or Snowden. I am sure those two are you hero’s also.

As one that spent most of his Marine Corps career protecting classified material I take this shit a bit more serious.


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Assange doesn't have a security clearance, nor did he sign a disclosure agreement, so there's no comparison. He's not even a U.S. citizen. Nor has he ever even been in the USA.

It's hilarious to watch you attack the guy who's only "crime" is exposing to lying douchebags.

His crime is dealing in stolen merchandise.

Ironic to watch you defend such actions.


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Since no money changed hands, that's obviously false.

That does not make the merchandise any less stolen.

I am a bit surprised to see you fight against this, it is your saviors DOJ doing it after all.

I just made a calendar entry for the first time you disagreed with Trump.


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Assange didn't steal anything, moron. And he didn't purchase anything.

Sessions is an imbecile. That has already been established. That's why he's going.

 

[JWBooth]

They can't make anything stick. He didn't steal the documents.

That is of no consequence.
His efforts have made it more difficult for governments to do their nefarious deeds secretly.
He has to go, rule of law and evidence be damned.

 

[JWBooth]

If all he did was publish information that was leaked to him by somebody else, then he has the same First Amendment protections as the New York Times, which did the exact same thing when they published the Pentagon Papers.

The Pentagon Papers were internal to America - not foreign collusion like with Assange and Russia to influence a U.S. presidential election.

Why the fuck does it matter what the fucking alleged motive is and the players involved, you hypocritical pile of hyena shit?

you left out uninformed in that otherwise hyper accurate description

 

[Harpy Eagle]

It has nothing to do with the swamp and everything to do with dealing in stolen merchandise.

I view Assange no different than I view Manning or Snowden. I am sure those two are you hero’s also.

As one that spent most of his Marine Corps career protecting classified material I take this shit a bit more serious.


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Assange doesn't have a security clearance, nor did he sign a disclosure agreement, so there's no comparison. He's not even a U.S. citizen. Nor has he ever even been in the USA.

It's hilarious to watch you attack the guy who's only "crime" is exposing to lying douchebags.

His crime is dealing in stolen merchandise.

Ironic to watch you defend such actions.


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Since no money changed hands, that's obviously false.

That does not make the merchandise any less stolen.

I am a bit surprised to see you fight against this, it is your saviors DOJ doing it after all.

I just made a calendar entry for the first time you disagreed with Trump.


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Assange didn't steal anything, moron. And he didn't purchase anything.

Sessions is an imbecile. That has already been established. That's why he's going.

So, if someone steals a car and then gives it to you, telling you it is stolen and you get caught with it...you have still knowingly received stolen property and it is a crime.

Sessions is gone and this is still going forward...Trumps DOJ.


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[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

So, if someone steals a car and then gives it to you, telling you it is stolen and you get caught with it...you have still knowingly received stolen property and it is a crime.

Sessions is gone and this is still going forward...Trumps DOJ.

It is true.

All I am saying is that if the NYT can get a pass on the Pentagon Papers, so should Wikileaks.

That's all I am saying. Not disagreeing with you.



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[Lewdog]

Perhaps Assange should be prosecuted. One thing is certain, liberals had NO PROBLEM with Hillary's use of a private server to avoid oversight by the American people nor did liberals have a problem with Hillary transmitting well over 100 classified documents on her private server. It's probably a virtual certainty that the Chinese, Russians, Iranians, etc. all know more about what was in her emails than the U.S. Congress.

...and Trump keeps using an unsecure phone that the Chinese have been listening in on.

Using it for what, to call his kids? Turds like you weren't concerned that Hillary used an iPhone, plus half a dozen other devices. Why the hypocritical concern about security now?

Hey genius... almost every one of his kids work in the government.

 

[Lewdog]

Yes I do.

Uh, no you don't. You have NO IDEA what conversations, if any, Trump is having on his personal cell phone.

He is the President of the United States and he is using an unsecure phone despite being told not to.

Presidential communications are classified.

So are SOS communications. Why are you whining about it now?

Strawman. Please show where I said I didn't care about Clinton's lack of security. When I first became a member here, I always posted about how she deserved to be punished for it.

I swear you people are dense. There more than just two groups of people in this world... not just people that either support Trump or support Clinton. There some of us that don't like either of them, and want to hold BOTH of them accountable for their piss poor decision making.

 

[Biff_Poindexter]

Justice Department Preparing To Prosecute WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: WSJ

DOJ expects to soon prosecute Assange, who has been living in London, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. Justice Department said it is planning to prosecute controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Sources told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that the department is also hopeful it will get Assange ― who has been holed up in an Ecuadorean embassy in London since 2012 ― into a U.S. courtroom.

Assange fled Sweden in 2012 over allegations of sexual assault and rape. Though prosecutors dropped the case last year, he still faces arrest for breaching bail conditions should he leave the embassy.

Justice Department Preparing To Prosecute WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: WSJ

Great news! The sooner the better! Assange has much to answer for.

Assange needs to be left alone -- he is a good man.....

Mueller went too far now, his investigation is hereby over

 

[gipper]

Look at the so-called "libertarian" lining up with the government thugs trying to get a pound of flesh out of guy speaking truth to power.

Assange published truth about a couple of notorious douchebags, Hillary and Podesta.

You always take the side of the swamp.

It has nothing to do with the swamp and everything to do with dealing in stolen merchandise.

I view Assange no different than I view Manning or Snowden. I am sure those two are you hero’s also.

As one that spent most of his Marine Corps career protecting classified material I take this shit a bit more serious.


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Assange doesn't have a security clearance, nor did he sign a disclosure agreement, so there's no comparison. He's not even a U.S. citizen. Nor has he ever even been in the USA.

It's hilarious to watch you attack the guy who's only "crime" is exposing to lying douchebags.

His crime is dealing in stolen merchandise.

Ironic to watch you defend such actions.


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Since no money changed hands, that's obviously false.

That does not make the merchandise any less stolen.

I am a bit surprised to see you fight against this, it is your saviors DOJ doing it after all.

I just made a calendar entry for the first time you disagreed with Trump.


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Why would anyone want to protect lying criminal politicians?

I guess a statist would.

 

[gipper]

Justice Department Preparing To Prosecute WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: WSJ

DOJ expects to soon prosecute Assange, who has been living in London, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The U.S. Justice Department said it is planning to prosecute controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Sources told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that the department is also hopeful it will get Assange ― who has been holed up in an Ecuadorean embassy in London since 2012 ― into a U.S. courtroom.

Assange fled Sweden in 2012 over allegations of sexual assault and rape. Though prosecutors dropped the case last year, he still faces arrest for breaching bail conditions should he leave the embassy.

Justice Department Preparing To Prosecute WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: WSJ

Great news! The sooner the better! Assange has much to answer for.

Assange is a hero. Too bad you are so ignorant, but ardent partisan statist can’t help being ignorant. I get it.

Assange is just a fence that deals in stolen merchandise. He is no different than the guy pawing stolen watches.

Look at the so-called "libertarian" lining up with the government thugs trying to get a pound of flesh out of guy speaking truth to power.

Assange published truth about a couple of notorious douchebags, Hillary and Podesta.

You always take the side of the swamp.

It has nothing to do with the swamp and everything to do with dealing in stolen merchandise.

I view Assange no different than I view Manning or Snowden. I am sure those two are you hero’s also.

As one that spent most of his Marine Corps career protecting classified material I take this shit a bit more serious.


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Hey Jarhead, is it true once a Marine always a Marine?

If so, then if Uncle tells you kill Jarhead KILL....do you do as you are told, by the criminals in the Ruling Class?

 

[Lakhota]

Assange must be getting nervous...

 

[Care4all]

I take back what I thought earlier,

Assange does have an indictment under seal!!!

NOT for his leaks on regular stuff, from what I gather.... but for the top secret release in 2010....

 

[K9Buck]

Hey genius... almost every one of his kids work in the government.

You meant to say that Ivanka and Jared DONATE their time on behalf of the country. Can you imagine Chelsea working for free? Yea, neither can I.

 

[K9Buck]

Let's have the trial. Wait for Kim Dotcom to testify.

He's got nothing. If he had it, he would have come out with it.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

It has nothing to do with the swamp and everything to do with dealing in stolen merchandise.

I view Assange no different than I view Manning or Snowden. I am sure those two are you hero’s also.

As one that spent most of his Marine Corps career protecting classified material I take this shit a bit more serious.


Sent from my iPhone using USMessageBoard.com

Assange doesn't have a security clearance, nor did he sign a disclosure agreement, so there's no comparison. He's not even a U.S. citizen. Nor has he ever even been in the USA.

It's hilarious to watch you attack the guy who's only "crime" is exposing to lying douchebags.

His crime is dealing in stolen merchandise.

Ironic to watch you defend such actions.


Sent from my iPhone using USMessageBoard.com

Since no money changed hands, that's obviously false.

That does not make the merchandise any less stolen.

I am a bit surprised to see you fight against this, it is your saviors DOJ doing it after all.

I just made a calendar entry for the first time you disagreed with Trump.


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Why would anyone want to protect lying criminal politicians?

I guess a statist would.

Either you obey the rule of law or you do not.


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[Lakhota]

I look forward to the FBI escorting Assange back to the U.S. to stand trial for espionage and collusion with a hostile foreign government to influence a presidential election.