On My Firm Belief that Mr. Assange Isn't Being Persecuted (and I Use My Words Quite Deliberately Here) for His Association With Chelsea Manning but Rather Because He Hurt Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party In 2016

I certainly don't remember the Dems being all that exorcised when he was embarrassing Bush on Gitmo and the Iraqi body count. Mighta' missed it but I'm doubtful.