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dameatball

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5. I sort of skimmed over the Assange part and was thinking of this more as a weapon to be used against

Reply to emmaverybo (Reply #4)

Sat May 25, 2019, 02:33 PM

May 2019

free press. You know, those enemies of the people that keep picking on the president by writing true things about him. Punishing leakers and those that publish or broadcast those leaks. You answered the OP more accurately than I did.

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Are espionage charges against Assange meant to warn against publishing unredacted Mueller Report? [View all] Grasswire2 May 2019 OP

That and publishing anything leaked that is not in Trump's interest. Goes beyond Mueller. dameatball May 2019 #1

He is being charged with offenses that have serious implications for freedom of the press, but emmaverybo May 2019 #4

I sort of skimmed over the Assange part and was thinking of this more as a weapon to be used against dameatball May 2019 #5

Yes onecaliberal May 2019 #2

Maybe Trump and Putin want to silence Assange sop May 2019 #3

It's another wall in the bunker NotASurfer May 2019 #6

This would have happened in any case customerserviceguy May 2019 #7