In January 2017 Assange's legal team approached [[Adam Waldman]] to see if the new [[Trump administration]] would negotiate with the WikiLeaks founder, holed up in Ecuador's London embassy. Waldman met three times with Assange during January and February 2017 in London. The hope was that Waldman, a former Clinton Justice Department official, might navigate the U.S. law enforcement bureaucracy and find the right people to engage.
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In January 2017 Assange's legal team approached [[Adam Waldman]] to see if the new [[Trump administration]] would negotiate with the WikiLeaks founder, holed up in Ecuador's London embassy. Waldman met three times with Assange during January and February 2017 in London. The hope was that Waldman, a former Clinton Justice Department official, might navigate the U.S. law enforcement bureaucracy and find the right person to engage.
Russian oligarch [[Oleg Deripaska]], whom Waldman represents, visited Assange nine times over 2017.
Russian oligarch [[Oleg Deripaska]], whom Waldman represents, visited Assange nine times over 2017.