Julian Assange’s lawyer says information on CIA assassination plot is ‘credible’

Julian Assange’s lawyer Jennifer Robinson speaks with Sky News host Sharri Markson about “credible” sources’ claims that the CIA planned to kidnap and assassinate Assange. “This is an outrageous story but one that is support by a Yahoo News investigation, supported by more than 30 government sources, that the Trump administration had in fact planned to kidnap and kill Julian Assange in London,” Ms Robinson told Sky News host Sharri Markson. “We have been trying to adduce this evidence in the extradition proceedings showing that this shows the broader persecution of Julian Assange that he’s been targeted because of his political opinions. “And about our concerns about what will happen to him once extradited to the United States. “When you have a government that is planning to plot and kill a journalist – an Australian journalist –how can we have any faith in the way they’re going to be treated within the legal system?”