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[–] vikingqueef@lemmy.world 93 points 2 years ago (3 children)

the whole plan is to get him over here and then kill him or let him die of neglect.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 63 points 2 years ago (2 children)

May as well get in early.

Julian Assange didn't kill himself.

[–] Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

A lot like Gary Webb.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The US hasn't executed someone under espionage charges since the Rosenbergs.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

Do you want to buy a bridge?

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 6 points 2 years ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_site

But in such things, the german version is usually more detailed.

[–] Chakravanti@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Formally anyway...

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I suspect they’d prefer that he die in prison over there, but if not then in prison over here. I don’t think they want to ever take this to trial, because it’s been a farce from the start.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

They literally dropped all the potentially credible charges they were first going for. Those women in Sweden? Long gone, as of 5 years ago. Hillary Clinton's emails? Also dropped.

What really sucks is that the narrative has changed over years, as the facts have been forgotten. People think he's been in league with Russia, and some even think Russia provided him with evidence against Republicans alongside the Democrat emails, and that he refused to publish the Republican stuff in support of Russia so that Russia's man (Trump) could get in the White House.

First off, Russia wouldn't provide Republican emails if they were trying to get a Republican inside the White House (they didn't provide any such emails and they did promote Trump). Second, the controversy as about Wikileaks not publishing details of Russian corruption. While this is definitely controversial (and frankly something I disagree with), Wikileaks' reasoning was simply: "Russian corruption is not news, it is to be expected".

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Those two women from Sweden were not prostitutes (and even if, it wouldn't matter) and have themselves backtracked from pressing charges. They are also victims of this entire farce and have been instrumentalized.

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

Fair point, I meant to change that before I posted. I think I was getting confused with Trump and the prostitutes that peed on him.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Well, Epstein's cell is empty at the moment.