Over the course of the last few years, Assange has remained at the Embassy of Ecuador in London (where the interview with Sean Hannity will take place) in order to avoid extradition over a series of Swedish sexual assault allegations — the result of which would potentially see him arrested and brought to the United States.
Julian Assange has become one of the most fascinating and polarizing figures of our time.
He has become such a notable figure that Benedict Cumberbatch even portrayed him in Bill Condon’s 2013 dramatic thriller, The Fifth Estate.
An Australian computer programmer and journalist, he has been at the forefront of numerous cybersecurity discussions, and he is responsible for several important information “leaks” over the course of the last decade.