Julian Assange may soon be free.

ASSANGE OF WIKILEAKS NEGOTIATING END TO STAND OFF

COULD ASSANGE TESTIMONY BLOW UP MUELLER INVESTIGATION

There has been changes in the status of Julian Assange's situation in the UK. The Swedish government has dropped their investigation into sexual assault claims against the Wikileaks head. Assange has been staying in the Ecuadorian embassy in the UK for the last 5 1/2 years. He sought refuge there rather than face extradition and a trial in Sweden. He has claimed the the charges were politically motivated in retaliation for Wikileaks publishing of secret and classified materials from the United States, France, the UK, Russia and other nations.  

There are still hurdles for Assange to overcome to gain his freedom. The Ecuadorian government has given him citizenship and also appointed him to their diplomatic corp. The British government has refused to recognize this arrangement. While the Swedish governments dropping of the investigation has ended the threat of extradition to Sweden, he will still have to answer for skipping bail in the UK. This could result in a few months of confinement. But Assange also fears that there is a sealed indictment against him from the United States and could be extradited to the U.S. by the UK if he turns himself in.

Both Trump and Attorney Sessions has talked negatively about Assange and have indicated the possibility of prosecution. It is doubtful that he would be found guilty in an American court when the New York Times, and the Washington Post have historically published classified data without prosecution. 

The question is who would be most against a Julian Assange trial, the Trump administration or the FBI and other security agencies. Assange has insisted he did not receive the Democratic National Committee emails and the Podesta emails from the Russians or any other state player. While Wikileaks has never revealed any sources, he has stated that a Wikileaks operative received the email's by hand delivery in a Washington D.C. Park. Wikileaks also has offered a $20,000 reward for anyone with information in the murder of Bernie Sanders supporter and DNC employee Seth Rich, which happened in a residential neighborhood in Washington.

It is most likely that Assange knows who hacked or transferred the email's to Wikileaks. It is likely that he could offer material proof of how all this happened. If it wasn't the Russians and could be proved it would be the most revealing disclosure in the Russian investigation. It would undoubtedly blow up the whole deal. It would be an embarrassment to the FBI and other intelligence agencies that staked their now already tarnished reputations on the assertion that the Russians were the Culprits.

Maybe Assange should allow himself to be extradited to the U.S. or at least disclose what he knows with proof before he is extradited. He does realize he is in great danger. As long as he has information that can embarrass powerful people and agencies he is a target for assassination.  He may be more safe by getting all this information into the open, revenge is less of an motive  than concealing an embarrassing and humiliating secret.