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turbinetree

(24,688 posts)
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 11:13 PM Sep 2017

WSJ: Pro-Russia GOPer Pitched WikiLeaks Pardon Deal To White House

Source: Talking Points Memo

By TIERNEY SNEED Published SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 6:04 PM

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), an eccentric lawmaker known for his pro-Russia stances, proposed to the White House a pardon deal for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a Wednesday phone call Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Rohrabacher suggested to President Trump’s chief-of-staff, John Kelly, that the administration end Assange’s various legal problems in the U.S. In exchange, Assange would turn over a digital storage device that Rohrabacher said would clear Russia of allegations of interference in the 2016 election, according to the report.

The congressman told Kelly that if what Assange turned over was not the proof promised, “he would get nothing, obviously,” according to the report. Over the course of summer 2016, WikiLeaks published thousands of emails from Democratic officials believed to have been the target of a hacking campaign backed by the Russians.

Rohrabacher traveled to London last month to meet with Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy, where the WikiLeaks founder is avoiding extradition to the U.S. 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.


Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/rohrabacher-proposed-assange-pardon-deal-to-john-kelly



Who is running against this ass****

I hate f*cking Traitors.........................

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WSJ: Pro-Russia GOPer Pitched WikiLeaks Pardon Deal To White House (Original Post) turbinetree Sep 2017 OP
Although I'm an agnostic in religious matters, I now want there to be a real Hell.... lastlib Sep 2017 #1
See this exchange canetoad Sep 2017 #2
To Think That House Republicans Were Joking Before The Election... TomCADem Sep 2017 #3
Yup. Theres two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump. Hortensis Sep 2017 #10
Ssshh! Scarsdale Sep 2017 #15
We have got to flip that district! Initech Sep 2017 #4
We're working on it! calimary Sep 2017 #6
Thank you. riversedge Sep 2017 #7
This Russian agent congressman needs to be thrown out of office kimbutgar Sep 2017 #5
Treasonous Bastard Sadie5 Sep 2017 #8
Trump may be gullible enough to go for this deal. Eugene Sep 2017 #9
Rohrabacher is an idiot Dopers_Greed Sep 2017 #11
Is somebody going to tell me that Assange didn't sell his soul to tRump & Putin for fear of Hillary? Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2017 #12
When did this become about avoiding extradition? I thought he was avoiding being arrested for rape ck4829 Sep 2017 #13
Like they couldn't fake up a storage device. sinkingfeeling Sep 2017 #14
really. kwassa Sep 2017 #17
Eccentric? Scurrilous Sep 2017 #16

lastlib

(23,196 posts)
1. Although I'm an agnostic in religious matters, I now want there to be a real Hell....
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 11:28 PM
Sep 2017

...so Rohrabacher can burn in it. For Eternity. FUCKING TRAITOR!! . .

TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
3. To Think That House Republicans Were Joking Before The Election...
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 11:37 PM
Sep 2017

...that Trump was about as pro-Russia as Dana.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
10. Yup. Theres two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump.
Sat Sep 16, 2017, 02:54 AM
Sep 2017

Rohrabacher's fellow CA rep, Kevin McCarthy said it was only a joke, but a fellow Republican as a Russian agent is a joke? The NYT had reported that in 2012 the FBI warned Rorhabacher in a formal meeting for that purpose that Russia was recruiting him.

Can you imagine Kelly's disgust? Or the pressure on Rohrabacher to offer this ridiculous deal? Russia can't be "cleared." Is this just another of Putin's fun turnings of the knife?

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
15. Ssshh!
Sat Sep 16, 2017, 10:47 AM
Sep 2017

Lyin' Ryan told McCarthy that information was to be kept "in the family" The gop does not believe in a two party system. Theirs is the ONLY real political party, doncha know.

kimbutgar

(21,103 posts)
5. This Russian agent congressman needs to be thrown out of office
Fri Sep 15, 2017, 11:44 PM
Sep 2017

Who is his allegiance to? The USA or Russia.

Sadie5

(1,933 posts)
8. Treasonous Bastard
Sat Sep 16, 2017, 12:42 AM
Sep 2017

So these days it is just in your face with the swamp crew. This idiot shouldn't be allowed to hold office. Not to mention trump has married two Russian women. My suggestion is to hand out one way airline tickets to Russia for the Trump crew and revoke their citizenship.

Dopers_Greed

(2,640 posts)
11. Rohrabacher is an idiot
Sat Sep 16, 2017, 04:44 AM
Sep 2017

He's only doing this because he's (likely) paid by Putin.

Would he even have any clue what Wikileaks is, otherwise? He's a 70-year-old surfer.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,988 posts)
12. Is somebody going to tell me that Assange didn't sell his soul to tRump & Putin for fear of Hillary?
Sat Sep 16, 2017, 06:15 AM
Sep 2017

Assange also fears mainline Republicons. Most except Rohrabacher consider him as much of a security threat as any traitor (he's not American).

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