News about Sheldon Adelson

On February 28, 2023, the Treasury Department reported that it earned $7 billion in 'estate and gift' taxes. With that kind of money, the contributor would have been one of the world's richest individuals. According to experts, the money could have originated from a death, a gift to a relative, a non-American citizen's divorce, or a non-American billionaire paying taxes to the United States. However, there is no way to determine who really had to pay $7 billion recently, since privacy legislation has barred government officials from discussing particulars of any tax returns.

Assange, 51, has been in a London jail since his asylum was suspended in 2019. Since a 2010 sexual harassment probe that has since been suspended, the US has been trying to extradite Assange. The lawyers, as well as two journalists who joined the litigation, are Americans and allege that the CIA broke their US constitutional rights for confidential discussions with Assange, who is Australian. According to them, the CIA operated with a security company contracted by the Ecuadoran embassy in London, where Assange was stationed at the time, to spy on the WikiLeaks founder, his lawyers, journalists, and others he met with.