The weaponisation of the Guardian's fake Manafort story Archived Message Posted by margo on July 28, 2019, 10:46 am Guardian editor Viner's silence around Luke Harding's fake story has even more import, if this lawyer Hanna Jonasson's assertions stand. Why was the Manafort story fielded in The Guardian in the first place? Why has the newspaper never apologised for or retracted it, after it was proven false? ----- - - - from @AssangeLegal: Previous Message The Manafort hoax allowed US authorities to make a formal request to Ecuador to hand over Assange's belongings from the embassy after his political asylum was unlawfully terminated. Even though Mueller knows it's a hoax the 'investigation' is the pretext to get his belongings [...] "The Guardian's Manafort fabrication was instrumentalised by US Congressmen/DoJ to make Assange more vulnerable to persecution & turn his asylum into a legal vacuum. Ecuador's cooperation with US DoJ on Assange is formally "Asistencia Penal Internacional No. 376-2018". [see tweet for photograph of relevant document] [..] When President Moreno revealed he was shipping Assange's belongings to US DoJ the UN intervened making a formal, private request to Ecuador to be present to monitor the seizure. Ecuador refused UN monitoring. Lawyer @CarlosPovedaMo1 denounced chain of custody had been broken. [..] LINK https://twitter.com/AssangeLegal/status/1155111619103473665 Message Thread: The weaponisation of the Guardian's fake Manafort story - margo July 28, 2019, 10:46 am When authorities and witnesses lie and cheat there will never be justice. nm - CJ July 28, 2019, 5:56 pm Re: When authorities and witnesses lie and cheat there will never be justice. nm - Mary July 28, 2019, 6:35 pm Has anyone news of Julian and his health? - margo July 29, 2019, 11:56 am Re: Has anyone news of Julian and his health? - Mary July 29, 2019, 8:59 pm Re: Has anyone news of Julian and his health? - Raskolnikov July 30, 2019, 10:03 am   Searching