Spain's High Court Demands Pompeo Testify on Plot to Kidnap or Kill Assange

> discussions over kidnapping or killing Assange occurred "at the highest levels" of the Trump administration, with senior officials requesting "sketches" or "options" for assassinating him. "They were seeing blood," one former Trump national security official told the reporters. "There seemed to be no barriers," said another.

Even if the UK government believed and cared about these allegations, I think that the change in presidential administration makes this information moot in terms of the extradition decision that the home secretary will make (presumably later this year). It might possibly be enough to persuade the High Court to intervene, though, especially if Trump looks likely to win a second term in 2024.