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BumRushDaShow

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1. Just seeing a NYT breaking

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Fri May 19, 2017, 05:32 AM

May 2017

STOCKHOLM — Prosecutors in Sweden said on Friday that they would drop their investigation into Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who sought refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London five years ago after the authorities in Stockholm opened a preliminary rape inquiry against him.

“Chief Prosecutor Marianne Ny has today decided to shut down the preliminary investigation regarding suspected rape involving Julian Assange,” the prosecutors office said in a statement.

The decision does not mean that Mr. Assange is in the clear. The Justice Department was reconsidering last month whether to charge Mr. Assange for his role in the disclosure of highly classified information.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/world/europe/julian-assange-sweden-rape.html

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BREAKING: Swedish Prosecutors Drop Julian Assange Rape Investigation [View all] Hissyspit May 2017 OP

Just seeing a NYT breaking BumRushDaShow May 2017 #1

Time for the Ecuadorean embassy SoCalNative May 2017 #2

Come out, come out, wherever you are... DetlefK May 2017 #3

UK police say he still faces arrest ucrdem May 2017 #4

Lol padah513 May 2017 #5

The admiral! longship May 2017 #6

SMH, seems like this was a political witch hunt after all riderinthestorm May 2017 #7

He was held for 7 years in house arrest. Maybe they decided that was enough. pnwmom May 2017 #8

I'm with you. They are baiting him out of the safe house. VigilantG May 2017 #9

He stayed under his own free will NobodyHere May 2017 #19

Sure he did. Because he wanted to avoid arrest and extradition. nt pnwmom May 2017 #20

That they are not pursuing the rape charges against him does not mean he is still_one May 2017 #13

No, it seems like he's screwed a lot of people over and has manipulated R B Garr May 2017 #18

Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecuador-sweden-assange-idUSKCN18F0TC riversedge May 2017 #10

I've got a feeling wallyworld2 May 2017 #11

- Bigredhunk May 2017 #12

That pose reminds me of Jeff Gannon, another covert right wing media collaborator Tanuki May 2017 #16

Ugh, he's just so smarmy! smirkymonkey May 2017 #17

........ Tanuki May 2017 #14

I guess Pamela Anderson was right joeybee12 May 2017 #15