Assange would surrender to Britain if no US extradition [View all]

[Zorro]

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would end his five-year stay in Ecuador's London embassy and hand himself over to British authorities if given assurances he would not face extradition to the United States, his lawyer said Friday.

Assange has been holed up at the embassy since 2012, concerned that a British arrest warrant would result in his extradition to the United States, where he could be tried for revealing state secrets.

Assange would "face up" to surrendering to British authorities who want to arrest him for breaching bail conditions, said his lawyer Carlos Poveda.

"In British justice, he could even be sentenced to three to six months' imprisonment," Poveda said.

https://news.yahoo.com/assange-surrender-britain-no-us-extradition-160140594.html

I suspect Ecuador may have put Assange on notice that he needs to prepare for his exit, either voluntarily or involuntarily. And so he's seeing how good a deal he can extract from the Brits before he's shoved out the embassy door, IMHO.