Pro-Russia GOPer Pitched WikiLeaks Pardon To White House
By TIERNEY SNEED
Published SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 6:04 PM
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) .. proposed .. a pardon deal for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a .. phone call Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Rohrabacher suggested to.. John Kelly, that the administration end Assanges various legal problems ... In exchange, Assange would turn over a digital storage device that Rohrabacher said would clear Russia of allegations of interference in the 2016 election ...
Rohrabacher traveled to London last month to meet with Assange ... Once the meeting was reported, Rohrabacher indicated his plans to tell Trump what he heard from Assange. On Thursday, he told the Los Angeles Times he had "spoken to senior people at the White House about arranging a meeting" with the President ...
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