NEW: Assange attorney speaks following arrest of the WikiLeaks founder: 'I've just been with Mr. Assange in the police cells. He wants to thank all of his supporters for their ongoing support—and he said, 'I told you so.''
During his initial court appearance on Thursday, Assange offered no evidence and was found guilty of breaching his bail. The judge described Assange as “a narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interests.”
The warrant for his "failure to appear” dates back to a now-closed rape inquiry in Sweden that has been active for the past seven years. The rape investigation was dropped by Swedish prosecutors in 2017 as they could not gain access to Assange while he was inside the Ecuadorean Embassy, but an investigation could still be resumed as the allegation is not subject to a statute of limitation until mid-August 2020.
Carlos Poveda, Assange's lawyer in Ecuador, claimed the arrest contravened international conventions on human rights. Barry Pollack, Assange's U.S.-based attorney, described the news as "bitterly disappointing." Assange, an Australian native, founded the website WikiLeaks in 2006 and drew attention over the next decade for releasing sensitive, and often classified, information.Sir Alan Duncan, the British government's Minister of State for Europe and the Americas, said in a statement that it was "absolutely right that Assange will face justice."
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