How the mighty have fallen.
Julian Assange is to launch legal action against the government of Ecuador, accusing it of violating his "fundamental rights and freedoms". The Wikileaks co-founder has lived in its UK embassy since 2012 after seeking asylum to avoid extradition to Sweden over a rape claim - later dropped. He was given a set of house rules by the London embassy this week, including taking better care of his cat. In a memo, it threatened to confiscate the pet if he did not look after it, it said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45915017
The problem is obvious: they should have sent a letter to the cat threatening to confiscate his pet human if he doesn't look after him better.
ReplyDeleteLately he's been making the same promises of an anti-Clinton "October surprise" that he failed to deliver in 2016...
ReplyDeleteAnd all his brainless fans are all giddy again.
Why aren't they just pushing his ass out the door to face his legal challenges like a real man?
ReplyDeleteJohn Poteet: I guess they're trying to honour the precedent set by the previous president. But it's pretty much a given that he's unable to follow the rule of not politicking, so I'm guessing we're about a six months away from Ecuador withdrawing asylum for cause, kicking him out, and he being denied the sweet martyrdom that he always preached: extradition to Drumpfland.
ReplyDeleteAndres Soolo Maybe they'll take a page from the Saudi book.
ReplyDeleteAndreas Geisler: Ecuador is not specifically angry at Assange the way the Saudi royal house was at Khashoggi. Ecuador is merely mildly displeased that they're stuck housing him because of a previous president's machinations. So, I wouldn't bet on them trying to murder him.
ReplyDeleteBut I think it's likely that they'll kick him out within foreseeable future, although they might settle on announcing to the world that Assange will have left the embassy voluntarily.