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Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, reportedly made the Ecuadorian embassy in the United Kingdom a "command post" in 2016 to influence the outcome of the last presidential election in the United States, the US television channel CNN reported. in support, July 15.
" Love WikiLeaks ": In the middle of the campaign for the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump publicly rejoiced that WikiLeaks published pirated information about the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton, his main opponent .
The US television channel CNN has obtained video and photos that show the intense activity of Julian Assange just before the release of this information that cost the election to Hillary Clinton and allowed Donald Trump to come to power.
" Command Post " at the Embassy
The footage of the surveillance system shows how Julian Assange turned the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he had political asylum, into a "command post" in the words of CNN and orchestrated the transfer of information.
As reported by CNN, having obtained exclusive documents, he was able to meet Russians and hackers and get powerful computers and hard drives.
Arrested inside the embassy by the British police in April 2019, he was detained and sentenced to 50 weeks in prison on 1 May for violating the conditions of his provisional release.
Hearing in February 2020 on extradition request
The founder of WikiLeaks will not be extradited to a country where he could risk the death penalty, said Monday, July 15 the British Minister of State for Europe and the Americas, Alan Duncan, during a visit to Ecuador.
Accused by the United States for disclosing confidential information about US military activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, he faces life imprisonment. UK justice will rule on the extradition request of the United States in February 2020.