A new report from the Times of London claims that the Ecuadorian government is negotiating with the United Kingdom in an effort to evict Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, from the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he’s been hiding out for more than six years.
In a strange turn of events, it may be Robert Mueller who finally gets Assange evicted. A recent indictment implies that Assange served as a “conduit” for materials used by the Russian government to influence the 2016 Presidential election.
According to Mueller’s document, “The conspirators (…) discussed the release of the stolen documents and the timing of those releases with Organization 1 to heighten their impact.” CNN has reportedly established that “Organization 1” is, in fact, Wikileaks.
Wikileaks maintains that the Russian government is not their source, and that they merely published the documents, and did not seek them out. “WikiLeaks has made very clear they were not engaged in any way with the Russian state with respect to that publication. There is no connection between WikiLeaks and any of those who have been indicted,” a spokesperson told reporters over the weekend.
Assange’s lawyers say, though, that they will do everything they can to protect their client from an American indictment. Ecuador says only that they want the case “resolved,” and that Assange has violated the terms of his sanctuary by commenting on Twitter about other countries’ political entanglements.
Downing Street, according to CNN and the Times of London, would only say that conversations are “ongoing,”