In 2021, Yahoo News, opens new tab reported CIA officials had drawn up options for Trump's administration for dealing with Assange while he was in the London embassy.
"Senior CIA officials requested plans, the president himself requested on being provided with options on how to do it and sketches were even drawn up," the lawyer said on Tuesday.
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