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The US has put forward more trumped up charges in an effort to punish him for whistleblowing on their illegal activities.

 

It will be interesting to see if the Swedish Government try and hold the high ground by demanding his extradition for rape or whether the whole thing was just a put up job to get him extradicted to the US.

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Statute of limitations has already passed for those allegations so he won't ever be formally charged, they just remain as allegations and nothing more.

 

His more immediate concern as the charges he faces in the USA, extradition now rolls onto the High Court.

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The charges were dropped because of the passage of time and investigation going cold. 

 

There was absolutely no discussion of so called "trumped up charges"  Even the public prosecutor went on record to say that "...I would like to emphasise that the injured party has submitted a credible and reliable version of events.  Her statements have been coherent, extensive and detailed; however, my overall assessment is that the evidential situation has been weakened to such an extent that that there is no longer any reason to continue the investigation..."

 

One could argue that Assange's running and hiding act in the Ecudorian Embassay was a lucky move.  

 

He still proceeded to breach his bail conditions and now has had to face the consequences.

 

Can we stop talking about this man as if he is some unfairly persecuted savior.   He isnt.

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