Assange lawyer: Manning commutation doesn't meet extradition offer's conditions

[herding cats]

The lawyer for Julian Assange said President Obama's commutation of Chelsea Manning’s sentence does not meet the conditions of the WikiLeaks head's offer to be extradited to the United States if Manning were pardoned.

Obama on Tuesday commuted Manning’s sentence for leaking diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks, leading many to wonder whether that meant Assange was ready to surrender to the Department of Justice.

“Mr. Assange welcomes the announcement that Ms. Manning's sentence will be reduced and she will be released in May, but this is well short of what he sought,” said Barry Pollack, Assange’s U.S.-based attorney, via email.

“Mr. Assange had called for Chelsea Manning to receive clemency and be released immediately.”

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/314783-assange-lawyer-conditions-not-met-for-assange-manning-extradition-offer

How shocking! Not.

[Initech]

1. Could this guy be any more of an asshole?

[herding cats]

2. Probably.

There's still Germany's election to upend, after all.

[randome]

3. No wonder he's in love with Trump. Despicable and classless twits, the both of them.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]

[DetlefK]

4. How about being extradited to Sweden first?

[brush]

5. Assange is full of it. He was never going to submit to extradition.

He got called on it and backed down.

[Justice]

6. Commutation is a form of clemency.

[JHan]

15. exactly lol lol

[Peacetrain]

7. My guess is the same thing they have on Trump...they have on Assange..

just guessing..

[tazkcmo]

8. My guess

My guess is he's just a sh*t talking a-hole. Maybe we're both right?

[highplainsdem]

9. Assange is a coward and a liar, and apparently owned by the Kremlin.

[eShirl]

10. He didn't think his bluff would be called.

[blogslut]

11. Oh, please.

His offer was ridiculous to begin with. Assange hasn't been charged with a crime in the US. He doesn't offer to travel to Sweden to face the court for rape charges or to England to face arrest for skipping bail. This guy is full of shit.

[herding cats]

12. That's what I told my husband.

It was bullshit on its face, and now he's having to walk it back. No surprise here at all.

[WhiteTara]

13. ...

I knew he was a punk liar.

[NCTraveler]

14. He is a Trump Humper.

I'm good with him sitting in the embassy being cheered by his Trump Humper buddies.

Assange will never be able to understand the concept of doing something simply because it is the correct thing to do. What Obama has done here. Look at how they are tripping over themselves to make it all about them. Assange is truly a narcissist with additional and serious mental issues stemming from early childhood.

[Gothmog]

16. Who believed that Assange would keep his word?