Trump Ally Nigel Farage Visits Embassy Where Julian Assange Lives, Doesn't Remember Why He Was There
Trump Ally Nigel Farage Visits Embassy Where Julian Assange Lives, Doesn't Remember Why He Was There
BY DENISSE MORENO ON 03/09/17 AT 3:36 PM
UK Independence Party's Nigel Farage, a close ally to President Donald Trump, was seen at the Ecuadorian embassy in London Thursday, the same place Wikileaks founder Julian Assange lives in, BuzzFeed reported Thursday.
When asked what he was doing at the embassy, in which Assange has been living in since he claimed asylum in 2012, Farage said he couldn’t remember what he had been doing in the building, according to BuzzFeed. When asked specifically if he went to visit Assange, Farage said, “I never discuss where I go or who I see.”
However, a source close to Farage confirmed to The Independent the politician, who visited the White House last month, was at the embassy to visit the hacktivist.
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Farage’s visit to the embassy comes after Wikileaks released a trove of documents revealing CIA tools used to spy via smart devices, such as TV’s and mobile phones. The data also revealed a special hacking division inside the agency’s Center for Cyber Intelligence dedicated to developing and gathering flaws to manipulate iOS and Android devices.
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03/09/2017 04:01 pm ET
Nigel Farage Just Made A Very Bizarre Visit To The Ecuadorian Embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been living in the embassy since 2012.
By Lydia O’Connor
Nigel Farage, the former leader of the U.K.’s far-right Independence Party, visited the embassy where embattled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been living on Thursday, and he isn’t saying why.
Farage spent about 40 minutes inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, a source confirmed to The Independent, one day after WikiLeaks released documents it claims detail the CIA’s hacking abilities and methods.
When a BuzzFeed News reporter approached Farage as he exited, he said he couldn’t remember why he was in the building.
“I never discuss where I go or who I see,” Farage added when BuzzFeed asked if he had been there to meet with Assange, an Australian who’s been stranded at the embassy ever since Ecuador granted him asylum five years ago. If Assange leaves the embassy, he’ll be deported to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations against him.
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