BREAKING NEWS: Julian Assange says he WILL still go to the US to face questioning now Wikileaker Chelsea Manning is being released from jail
By MATT HUNTER
DailyMail.com
19 January 2017
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stands by his offer to go to the US now that Chelsea Manning is being released, he told a press conference.
Speaking from the Ecuadorian embassy in London via social media, he signalled there would be ‘many discussions’ on his future before Manning leaves prison in May.
He welcomed Barack Obama’s decision to free the former soldier jailed for handing over classified documents to the anti-secrecy organisation.
The outgoing US president used his final hours in the White House to allow Manning to go free nearly 30 years early.
The transgender former intelligence analyst, born Bradley Manning, said she had passed on government and military documents to raise awareness about the impact of war.
Mr Assange, who has been living at the Ecuadorian embassy since the summer of 2012 for fear of being extradited to the US, praised campaigners for their role in the decision.
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