Now we have a hostage, the Wall Street Journal reporter. I think [he's] a good guy,
He doesn’t get all the defense that anyone in this country would get when you’re in court,
It may be that they need a verdict in order to start dealing,
Now he’s moved about 900 miles east to Yekaterinburg, where this hearing is taking place,
We believe that President Putin is essentially amassing hostages held by the government to try and extract something they want from the United States and its allies,
These past 15 months have been extraordinarily painful for Evan and for our family. We miss our son and just want him home. We’re deeply disappointed that he will have to endure further attempts to discredit him and to paint a picture that is unrecognizable to anyone who knows him. Evan is a journalist, and journalism is not a crime. We urge the US government to continue to do everything possible to bring Evan home now,
I’ll state it again. Evan has never been employed by the United States government,
It’s very disturbing, obviously, you hate to see him caged like that, and we keep saying, you know, ‘He’s facing trial.' He’s not really facing trial. He’s facing a hearing in which a judge in secret will endorse the accusations against him, which are completely false,
There is no taboo to settle this issue. We're willing to solve it,
Evan is not a spy. Journalism is not a crime,
We have seen activity; we know that there have been conversations. We’d just like to see more progress. If anything, his new circumstance, which puts him on a path to a long time in Russian prison, should heighten the sense of urgency that the administration is bringing,
EVAN GERSHKOVICH, the young Wall Street Journal reporter who is being harshly detained in Russia as his ESPIONAGE TRIAL is about to begin, will be released prior to my taking office if I WIN the Election on NOVEMBER 5th,
Crooked Joe can’t do anything right, although it is likely that he will pay $BILLIONS, which continues a very bad ‘Biden Precedent,’ to get Evan home,
We would just like to see something done very quickly,
He [Birmingham] would know that our relationship with the United States is deep and strong and that is why we were able to advocate in the way we did.”
In fact, the United States in court in Saipan yesterday conceded – and the judge found – that there is no evidence that any harm has befallen any individual anywhere in the world as a result of Mr Assange’s publications,
It is entirely appropriate for the Australian prime minister to call an Australian citizen who has been through what Julian’s been through and had just touched down in Australia,
The idea that that Julian Assange should be held up and treated and feted in the same type of way as Australians who genuinely been held as political prisoners, who have genuinely been arbitrarily detained by regimes that don’t offer that type of transparency – there is absolutely no comparison between the two,
If Julian pleaded guilty in federal court in Saipan, it’s because he was pleading guilty to committing journalism,
Julian isn’t allowed to request freedom of information, make information requests from the US government,