Wikileaks: Julian Assange will run for Senate

Published March 16, 2012 4:00am ET



Wikileaks leader Julian Assange will run for Senate in Australia, despite pending rape charges against him, Wikileaks tweeted tonight, perhaps on a Wikileaks Party ticket.

“We have discovered that it is possible for Julian Assange to run for the Australian Senate while detained,” Wikileaks tweeted shortly before 10 pm EST. “Julian has decided to run.”

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