Julian Assange Arrested In London

Update (7:20 am ET): Assange's lawyer has just confirmed that he was arrested not solely on charges stemming from skipping bail in the UK...but in connection with an extradition request from the US.

Just confirmed: #Assange has been arrested not just for breach of bail conditions but also in relation to a US extradition request. @wikileaks @khrafnsson

— Jen Robinson (@suigenerisjen) April 11, 2019

From #Assange: The US warrant was issued in December 2017 and is for conspiracy with Chelsea Manning @xychelsea in early 2010.

— Jen Robinson (@suigenerisjen) April 11, 2019

The US warrant was delivered in December 2017, showing that the US prosecutors were behind his arrest.
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Press reports suggested that Assange was arrested at around 10 am London Time (5 am New York) in what appeared to be a "planned operation." Though his first battle will be with the British legal system over charges of skipping bail when he sought asylum in 2012, analysts expect that he will eventually face extradition to the US, after a sealed indictment against him were accidentally revealed last year. Wikileaks accused Ecuador of illegally terminating Assange's asylum, adding that the Ecuadorian ambassador invited police inside the embassy to take Assange into custody.