And a senior white house official is identified as a significant Person Of Interest in the investigation into links between russia and the trump campaign. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The wikilea ks founder, Julian Assange, says he will not forgive or forget after a seven year Rape Investigation in sweden was dropped without charge today. For almost five of those years, mr assange has been holed up inside the Ecuadarian Embassy in london to avoid extradition. But todays development doesnt mean that the 45 year old can finally walk free, police say they would still be obliged to arrest him if he left the embassy. Our correspondent, caroline hawley, has the story. Her report includes flashing images from the start. Out into the fresh air. Cheering on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, Julian Assange emerged this afternoon to have his say on the end of the swedish investigation against him. Today is an important victory, for me and for the un human rights system. Seven years
And a senior white house official is identified as a significant Person Of Interest in the investigation into links between russia and the trump campaign. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The wikilea ks founder, Julian Assange, says he will not forgive or forget after a seven year Rape Investigation in sweden was dropped without charge today. For almost five of those years, mr assange has been holed up inside the Ecuadarian Embassy in london to avoid extradition. But todays development doesnt mean that the 45 year old can finally walk free, police say they would still be obliged to arrest him if he left the embassy. Our correspondent, caroline hawley, has the story. Her report includes flashing images from the start. Out into the fresh air. Cheering on the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, Julian Assange emerged this afternoon to have his say on the end of the swedish investigation against him. Today is an important victory, for me and for the un human rights system. Seven years
The investigation. Is that right . Thats correct. And you have a citation . Page seven, volume two. Thank you. One of these witnesses was michael cohen, the president s personal lawyer, who ultimately pled guilty to Campaign Violations based on secret hush money payments to two women the president knew and also to lying to congress about the hope for a 1 billion trump tower deal. After the fbi searched cohens home, the president called him up personally, he said to check in, and told him to, quote, hang in there and stay strong. Is that right . Do you remember finding that . If its in the report as stated, yes, it is right. Yes. Also in the report, actually, are a series of calls made by other friends of the president. One reached out to say he was with the boss in maralago, and the president said he loves you. His name is redacted. Another redacted friend called to say the boss loves you. And a third redacted friend called to say everyone knows the boss has your back. Do you remember
here he is today. i think all you need to know is just look at that big smile on the president s face with lavrov standing by his side which pretty much tells you that if he did bring up election meddling, you can wonder how stern a warning it was for lavrov. there s the picture and we re showing it now which the president is proud of this picture. not exactly the photograph you want to have out there if you were giving a stern don t you dare do it again warning to lavrov. i mean, ross, here s the thing. the last time trump met with lavrov, the last time was the day after he fired jim comey in the oval office. according to yo the new york times, i just fired the head of the fbi. he was crazy, a real nut job and i faced great pressure because of russia and that s taken off. that s the last one-on-one
you found substantial evidence that the catalyst for the president s firing of comey was comey s, open quote, unwillingness to publicly state that the president was not personally under investigation. i m not going to delve more into the details of what happened. if it s in the report, then i support it because it s already been reviewed and appropriately appears in the report. and that s page 75, volume two. in fact, the very next day, the president told the russian foreign minister, open quote, i just fired the head of the fbi. he was crazy, a real nut job. i face great pressure because of russia. that s taken off. i m not under investigation, close quote. is that correct? if that s what was written in the report, yes. time of the gentleman is expired. thank you, sir. gentleman from virginia. thank you, mr. chairman. mr. mueller, we ve heard a lot about what you re not going to talk about today.