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

Published April 5, 2019 2:34am ET



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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