ALBAWABA - Following the release of Julian Assange, Wikileaks Founder, from UK jail on Tuesday, rumors have been circulating X whether famous US presenter Tucker Carlson will be interviewing Assange.
Activists on social media users called on American journalist Tucker Carlson, who previously interviewed many world leaders and interesting personalities including Russian President Vladimir Putin, to interview Julian Assange.
Upon the release of Julian Assange, the American host posted a picture of the Wikileaks founder and left the caption: "A good man, finally free. The tide is turning" triggering questions about whether he will prepare an interview with.
A person on X (formerly Twitter) wrote: "Tucker Carlson should interview Julian Assange as soon as possible. That would absolutely break the internet."
Meanwhile, another commented: "Excellent idea. Maybe do a pay-per-view to help Assange get back on his financial feet."
It is not confirmed whether Tucker Carlson will be interviewing Assange or not, as for the moment, the request was only made by activists on social media and nothing is confirmed nor any statement was released.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's case
After 5 years in British jail, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department, allowing him to walk freely and return to his home in Australia.
WikiLeaks' official X account wrote: "JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE." It added that Assange had left the UK after he was "granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted Airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the country".
Assange was in the high-security Belmarsh prison in London, where he argued that there was a political motive behind his extradition. Assange was wanted on 17 counts of acquiring classified military secrets, breaking into a Pentagon computer network, and breaking the U.S. Espionage Act.
Following the publication of hundreds of thousands of secret papers regarding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Assange was the target of legal action in 2010.
