Assange will remain inside embassy

[struggle4progress]

19 May 2017
Julian Assange has said he will remain inside the Ecuadorian embassy ... Swedish prosecutors have dropped their preliminary investigation into an allegation of rape against the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, bringing an end to a seven-year legal standoff. The decision was taken after prosecutors concluded that "at this point, all possibilities to conduct the investigation are exhausted", Sweden’s director of public prosecutions, Marianne Ny, said on Friday ...
http://www.gilmermirror.com/view/full_story/27420311/article-Julian-Assange-says-he-will-remain-inside-Ecuadorian-embassy?instance=secondary_stories_left_column

Sweden drops case
... British police said Friday that they would have to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for breaching his bail if he leaves Ecuador’s embassy ... if Assange were to return to Sweden before the statute of limitations for the suspected offenses expires in August 2020, the investigation could be reopened ...

Rape inquiry dropped
... A lawyer for the woman who alleged she was raped by Assange said “it’s a scandal that a suspected rapist can avoid the judicial system and thus avoid a trial in court.” Elisabeth Massi Fritz says her client is shocked by the Swedish decision but added that “she can’t change her view that Assange has exposed her to a rape” ...

[marlakay]

1. Pretty much working out to house arrest

I can't imagine US will let up on wanting him.

[Steven Maurer]

2. He hasn't committed a US crime

So while there are people in the US who dislike him, his legal troubles have everything to do with not using a condom, as asked, and nothing to do with anything else.