TBH if I was Assange, I wouldn't leave the embassy now that Trump is president.<p>Yes, Obama aggressively prosecuted whistle blowers, but Trump is certainly worse.<p>So, at least three more years in the embassy?<p>It's ironic that he's gonna spent more time being de facto imprisoned than Chelsea (Bradley) Manning (7 years), his source.<p>Quick search:<p><a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/798" rel="nofollow">https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/798</a><p>18 U.S. Code § 798 - Disclosure of classified information<p>>Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.