WATCH: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested by police in London almost 7 years after he sought refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy.
Assange founded WikiLeaks in 2006 and made news four years later with the publication of leaked information provided by Chelsea Manning, a former U.S. Army intelligence analyst and self-described whistleblower.
Manning last month refused to testify before a federal grand jury looking into the release of documents to WikiLeaks. A truck carrying a poster featuring WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London last week.Assange's lawyers have often warned that he would be handed over to U.S. prosecutors because of WikiLeaks' publication of classified documents. Rafael Correa, then the president of Ecuador, granted him asylum in 2012..
Sweden's chief prosecutor, Ingrid Isgren, confirmed on Thursday that that the"preliminary investigation" into Assange could be resumed as long as he goes to Sweden before the 2020 deadline.
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