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1. GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 26-Jun-2021 14:12:29 EDT GeniusMusing
   Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment Stundin
   https://stundin.is/grein/13627/key-witness-in-assange-case-admits-to-lies-in-indictment/
   
   >A major witness in the United States’ Department of Justice case against Julian Assange has admitted to fabricating key accusations in the indictment against the Wikileaks founder. The witness, who has a documented history with sociopathy and has received several convictions for sexual abuse of minors and wide-ranging financial fraud, made the admission in a newly published interview in Stundin where he also confessed to having continued his crime spree whilst working with the Department of Justice and FBI and receiving a promise of immunity from prosecution.
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   >The man in question, Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson, was recruited by US authorities to build a case against Assange after misleading them to believe he was previously a close associate of his. In fact he had volunteered on a limited basis to raise money for Wikileaks in 2010 but was found to have used that opportunity to embezzle more than $50,000 from the organization. Julian Assange was visiting Thordarson’s home country of Iceland around this time due to his work with Icelandic media and members of parliament in preparing the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, a press freedom project that produced a parliamentary resolution supporting whistleblowers and investigative journalism.
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   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 26-Jun-2021 14:21:04 EDT lnxw48a1

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      Even if it was all true, Assange is not a US citizen, and AFAIK, he did not enter US soil at or after the time of the alleged events. Thus, I contend that the US has no jurisdiction over Assange.
      
      USDOJ is not trying to extradite the head of the Russian GRU spy agency for documented criminal acts against US entities, so they obviously agree that there are limits to US authority.
      1. Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp) (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Saturday, 26-Jun-2021 15:47:01 EDT Alexandre Oliva (moved to @lxo@gnusocial.jp)

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         they wouldn't get away with demanding Russian authorities to jail and extradite that person either. Russia isn't as inclined to bend over to the US empire as so many European governments