Two days after giving his first official statement to Swedish prosecutors in relation to the rape case which has resulted in Julian Assange’s self-inflicted exile in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and at a time when speculation is growing whether Trump may grant a pardon or amnesty to the Wikileaks founder, lawyers for Julian Assange have said they may ask US President-elect Donald Trump to close the criminal investigation into the WikiLeaks founder, amid hope that Sweden will also soon close the probe into allegations of sexual assault, AAP reproted. – READ MORE
