cont'd ...

mhaze,

Why are you even raising the issue of the women
in this case. That appears so lame on your part.
Especially when we've seen cases of men being
falsely accused as in the case of actor John
Jarratt - whose supposed rape occurred 40 years
ago and Jarratt fought tooth and nail to prove his
innocence. It was consensual (same with Assange).
Jarratt was found innocent.

Geoffrey Rush won $2 million in his sexual misconduct
case.

Foxy,

What ?! Women lying ? Do you have evidence of that, or is it simply that they dropped their charges ? Have they re-accused him ? As for throwing a party for him, come on, Foxy, you surely know better. Sometimes I think you opportunists would say and write anything to win a point.

As for the rapist ('but he's our rapist') Assange, did any of the Wikileaks compromise anybody's lives ? Quite possibly, especially in Afghanistan. If so, what would you expect of the legal authorities of the countries they were from where putting someone's life in jeopardy is a capital offence ?

Either way, he's off to spend a long time locked up. If he's lucky to avoid the chair. Couldn't happen to a nicer bloke.

Joe

Joe,

Both women admitted that they lied -
those many years ago. It was in the media, and
even the movie made at the time. Hence the dropping
of the charges by Swedish prosecutors. Use your
friend Google. ;-)

As we all know - liars are not just confined to one
gender.

As for the legalities involved in the case now?
We shall have to wait and see what the courts decide.
Where the line should be drawn on material that is
available and published by journalists, reporters
and the media in general.

Interesting case - and will it set a precedent.

JULIAN ASSANGE is just a smarty who has never done anything for anyone but JULIAN ASSANGE. What happens to him is of utterly no importance.

As for Trump now being for prosecuting him I think that makes the story pretty obvious. Before the election Trump had no access to the complete story, it would have been highly secret. Now he has been fully briefed & knows the facts.

Unlike many politicians of the left, Trump is happy to change tack on any subject, when evidence tells him he had the wrong slant on something.

Rather than try to use this as a weapon to attack him, you should admire his willingness to change his opinion when in receipt of different information.

Foxy wrote: "Both women admitted that they lied"

That's a straight out unadulterated lie. As in not true. As in standard Foxy.

The cases weren't dropped. One reached the statute of limitations as will the other in 2020. The Swedish police dropped the case because there wasn't any point in continuing it when Assange was hiding from justice in the Ecuadorian embassy.

But now that he's out, they are considering re-opening the case.

"Eva-Marie Persson, Sweden’s deputy director of public prosecutions, said at a news conference on Monday [13/5/2019] that there is still probable cause to suspect Assange of a crime in Sweden,"..

"Anna Ardin, [the first victim] has publicly identified herself. She told the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that Mr. Assange was “a man who has a twisted attitude toward women.”

"Well 4 Corners never said that, mainly because its rubbish."

Another assertion that Foxy just hoped to get away with. Now called out she just drops it. Wow.

OK, wasn't suggesting Foxy was outright lying there. Just that the claims were outright lies and that its standard Foxy to fall for such things when it suits her.