Sweden just dropped the Julian Assange rape investigation
Sweden’s Director of Public Prosecutions has announced it has dropped the investigation into Julian Assange’s rape charges, which have dogged the Australian-born Wikileaks founder since 2010. Assange was initially charged with two separate allegations — rape and molestation. The charge of molestation was dropped in 2015, due to prosecutors running out of time to question him. In a statement, the prosecutor’s office said, “Chief Prosecutor Marianne Ny has today decided to discontinue the preliminary investigation regarding suspected rape concerning Julian Assange.” Here’s note from prosecutor on why investigation against #Assange has been discontinued pic.twitter.com/DvV9E4dYOQ — Maddy Savage (@maddysavage) May 19,…
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