Re:Assange Hearing Day 2
by untog on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:51AM
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The rape accusations were credible, he just refused to answer to them. That doesn’t mean they were invalid in the first place, it just means they’ll never be proven in a court of law.
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No, the police in Sweden invented them.
The UN special investigator documented the whole thing pretty thoroughly.
But apparently some people still stick with the lie.
Propaganda is pretty effective.
It was incredibly effective. His support dropped to almost nothing overnight because nobody wanted to be seen supporting a rapist.
Nope, he did offer to answer to them, repeatedly:
https://www.republik.ch/2020/01/31/nils-melzer-about-wikilea...
This article details more than I could ever have wanted to know about the entire situation. It is an excellent 10,000 ft view.