British Police Arrest WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange

Julian Assange

British Police have arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at Ecuador’s embassy in London after his asylum was withdrawn, the police said in a statement on Thursday.

Concise News understands that Assange has been living at the embassy since 2012 when he sought refuge there.

Assange was wanted by British police for skipping bail in August 2012, while he was under investigation for sexual assault and rape in Sweden.

London’s Metropolitan Police said the Ecuadorian government had withdrawn asylum for Assange, adding that officers has been “invited into the embassy by the ambassador.”

The Australian national has maintained that if forced to surrender to authorities he would eventually be extradited to the U.S. to face charges.

WikiLeaks has repeatedly claimed that the Justice Department is building a criminal case centered on the leaking of Democratic emails hacked by the Russians in the 2016 election.

President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, told a congressional hearing in February that former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone was in contact with Assange before WikiLeaks released leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee.

Assange, 47, has always maintained that the source of the leaks was not Russia, contrary to the conclusion of U.S. intelligence agencies.

Special counsel Robert Mueller recently concluded his probe into Russian electoral interference and the Trump campaign.

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