Re:WikiLeaks offers $20,000 for information on former DNC st...
by dragonwriter on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @12:14PM
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> If Assange leaves the embassy, he will be arrested, extradited to the US, and likely convicted of treason.
Almost certainly not. The Constitutional definition of treason in the US is such that it is pretty much never charged, outside of TV shows and movies.
The charges usually discussed in the context of the ongoing US criminal investigation of Assange are violations of the Espionage Act, violations of the CFAA, theft/conversion of US government property, and conspiracy.
OTOH, the government that has actually requested his extradition is Sweden, and not for anything related to national security matters.
Almost certainly not. The Constitutional definition of treason in the US is such that it is pretty much never charged, outside of TV shows and movies.
The charges usually discussed in the context of the ongoing US criminal investigation of Assange are violations of the Espionage Act, violations of the CFAA, theft/conversion of US government property, and conspiracy.
OTOH, the government that has actually requested his extradition is Sweden, and not for anything related to national security matters.