Nah, no way he moves further from sugar daddy Vlad. Though, given his new right hand man in Washington, perhaps Putin gives him marching orders to go do the dirty from DC.
I think after Trump assumes the throne the DoJ will announce that there is no international pursuit of Assange by the US. This will cause his pretense that he’s hiding from the Swedes because he’s afraid of US extradition to evaporate.
WikiLeaks has indicated Julian Assange is ready to face extradition
following Barack Obama’s decision to free a former soldier jailed for
handing over classified documents to the anti-secrecy organisation.
Now, whether that is just a re-iteration of the the old saying, or something new based on the commutation is tough to tell.
Interestingly enough, the US hasn’t formally charged Assange with anything (per at least one recent article), so there isn’t really anything to extradite him for, AFAIK (yet).
We do have treaties with the UK and Sweden though, so they’d get their hands on him if we didn’t override them and decide to charge him without espionage or the like.
What he’s do is claim that he meant “pardon” instead of “commute” when saying clemency, and he’ll stay right where he is.
p.s. Sort of a clever move for Obama, because if Assange doesn’t do it, the US can claim that he’s and unreliable liar and now we have proof. Anyhow, I doubt Assange had anything to do with Obama’s decision.
Utilizing the tactics of a 5 year old trying to get out of going to sleep “you said go to bed! not go to sleep” the commutation of the sentence is not enough. She must be released immediately! Not in May! There is a huge difference.
No word on whether or not he will be coming stateside in May.