U.S. Admits That Congressman Offered Pardon to Assange If He Covered Up Russia Links

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-admits-that-putins-favorite-congressman-offered-pardon-to-assange-if-he-covered-up-russia-links?via=twitter_page

LONDON—Lawyers representing the United States at Julian Assange’s extradition trial in Britain have accepted the claim that the WikiLeaks founder was offered a presidential pardon by a Congressman on the condition that he would help cover up Russia’s involvement in hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee.

Jennifer Robinson, a lawyer, told the court that she had attended a meeting between Assange, then Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, and pro-Trump troll Charles Johnson at Assange’s hide-out, the Ecuadorian embassy in London, on August 15, 2017.

Robinson said the two Americans claimed to be emissaries from Washington and “wanted us to believe they were acting on behalf of the president.” The pair allegedly told Assange that they could help grant him a pardon in exchange for him revealing information about the source of the WikiLeaks information that proved it was not the Russians who hacked Democratic emails.

“They stated that President Trump was aware of and had approved of them coming to meet with Mr. Assange to discuss a proposal—and that they would have an audience with the president to discuss the matter on their return to Washington, D.C.,” Robinson said.

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[soothsayer]

1. Sigh

[Iliyah]

2. WTF . .

more proof, but alas the republicans alongwith treason barr are committing crimes betraying the USA.

[gratuitous]

3. That seems significant

Maybe the government attorneys were confused?

[Botany]

4. Julian Assange was offered a presidential pardon on the condition that he would help cover up ...

... Russia's involvement in hacking emails from the DNC.


Some hoax.

[MFGsunny]

5. When both MF45 and DOJ's DIS-Barr are nothing more than tin-pot dictators.

Fumigate them all out of OUR White House and government.

Please and thank you.

[crickets]

6. Oh, look. Dana Rohrabacher. Who woulda guessed?

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/08/rohrabacher-russia-putin-2016/

Rohrabacher’s ties to Russia are well-documented. A former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan who was first elected to represent southern California in 1988, he began his career as zealous cold warrior. After the fall of the Iron Curtain and an early-90s drunken arm-wrestling contest with Putin, Rohrabacher became a leading congressional advocate for closer ties to Russia, gaining the moniker, “Putin’s favorite congressman.” The FBI reportedly warned Rohrabacher in 2012 that Russian spies were trying to recruit him.

In June 2016, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told colleagues: “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump.” McCarthy, who reportedly said “Swear to God” when lawmakers laughed at that assertion, has claimed he was joking.

[PatrickforO]

7. Well...looks like Dana is a traitor. Nothing really new. I think we all knew this.

But...the whole republican party. The whole damned party seems to be treasonous.