Report: Russia Hatched Plan To Help Assange Escape London Last Year

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 19: Julian Assange speaks to the media from the balcony of the Embassy Of Ecuador on May 19, 2017 in London, England. Julian Assange, founder of the Wikileaks website that published US Governme... LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 19: Julian Assange speaks to the media from the balcony of the Embassy Of Ecuador on May 19, 2017 in London, England. Julian Assange, founder of the Wikileaks website that published US Government secrets, has been wanted in Sweden on charges of rape since 2012. He sought asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and today police have said he will still face arrest if he leaves. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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People close to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange held private meetings with Russian officials last year to discuss a potential plan to help Assange escape the Ecuadorian embassy in London and flee to another country, The Guardian reported Friday. 

The plan involved giving Assange diplomatic records and smuggling Assange out of the embassy in London on Christmas Eve in 2017. He was then reportedly going to be ferried in a diplomatic vehicle out of the UK.

Russia was one of the final destination options for Assange, according to sources who shared information with the Guardian. The plot was tabled after it was deemed too treacherous, but the planned escape orchestrated by the Russians reveals deeper links between Assange and the Kremlin.

While Assange has maintained that he did not receive the stolen Democratic National Committee emails — that were posted on WikiLeaks — from the Russians, special counsel Robert Mueller has filed charges against a slew of Russian intelligence officials for allegedly hacking the DNC servers.

Read the Guardian’s full report on the escape plan here. 

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  1. I have always felt Assange has been working with the Russians, even during the time when all the classified documents were being released. Which other country as he worked hard at discrediting? He’s nothing but a paid Russian tool.

  2. And what do people think of Snowden?

  3. But but but, isn’t he a heroic advocate for free speech and governmental transparency???

  4. Let me guess, they were going to use Air Force One?

  5. That wouldn’t work. The current Air Force One would never get off the island.

    Frankly, I’m surprised he hasn’t tarted it up yet.

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