Julian Assange says Obama did not meet the conditions of the deal for him to be extradited to the US. Assange has previously said that if Obama grants Chelsea Manning clemency, then he will allow himself to be extradited to the US. While Obama did grant Manning clemency, it was not immediate clemency as Assange requested.
After a January 12th tweet from WikiLeaks saying that Assange would agree to be extradited to the U.S. if the Obama administration granted “clemency” to Chelsea Manning, attorneys for Assange seem to be backtracking today on an alleged technicality.
Here was the “official offer” from WikiLeaks:
Via ZeroHedge