WikiLeaks says Ecuador will expel Assange from embassy within ‘hours to days’

By Caitlin Yilek

Published April 5, 2019 2:34am ET

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WikiLeaks says Ecuador will expel Assange from embassy within ‘hours to days’ — Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, opens the door to a balcony to speak to media and supporters at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, U.K., on on Friday, May 19, 2017. Assange hailed a Swedish decision to drop a rape probe against him, but said he won't leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London where he has sought refuge for the past five years as long as he remains a target in the U.S. and U.K. | (Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg)

WikiLeaks claimed Thursday its founder Julian Assange would be expelled within “hours to days” from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has lived in asylum for nearly seven years.

WikiLeaks said it had a “high level” source within Ecuador that said Assange would be expelled and that the country already had an agreement with the United Kingdom for Assange’s arrest. Hours later, it said it had “secondary confirmation from another high level source.”

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