Posted on 08/18/2017 3:07:18 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who the congressman said denied that Russia was involved in sending him emails from the Democratic National Committee.
WikiLeaks published emails from the Democratic National Committee, which led to the resignation of DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
“He reaffirmed his aggressive denial that the Russians had anything to do with the hacking of the DNC during the election," Rohrabacher said of Assange, the Orange County Register reported.
Rohrabacher’s statements come despite the fact that U.S. intelligence authorities have said with “high confidence” that Russia interfered with the 2016 presidential election.
Rohrabacher is often referred to as “Putin’s favorite congressman” for his sympathetic views toward Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Rohrabacher’s office said he is the only member of Congress to meet with Assange, the Register reported.
Assange is currently based in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid being extradited to Sweden on charges of sexual assault in Sweden. While charges of Assange have been dropped, he could still be extradited on charges of violating his bail terms.
“I think it will have an earth-shattering political impact," Rohrabacher said. "It wouldn’t be so important if Democrats hadn’t focused so inordinately on the Russians. Democrats are creating a total upheaval over this."
Rohrabacher is being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee as one a potential seat to be picked up in the 2018 midterms.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee slammed Rohrabacher for meeting with Assange, calling Assange "an accused rapist and confirmed threat to America's national security."
"The fact that Dana Rohrabacher would meet with Assange, let alone work to secure his freedom, begs the question: Who is he really working for? Because it’s not the voters who sent him to Congress," DCCC spokesman Andrew Gondinich said in a statement.
So far, two frontrunners to challenge Rohrabacher are Harley Rouda and Hans Keirstead.
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates Rohrabacher’s race Lean Republican.
If it hurts Trump the media will hype it 24/7. If it hurts clinton or bammy, the media will bury it.
Wasn’t so long ago that Assange was the darling of the left.
“Wow. The DNC went there...wow.”
Democrats: They’ll use you, ‘til they use you up.
Yeah, sure. Come on Charlie Brown, kick this football.
Sweden has dropped the charges...
No matter who the hacker was they didn’t write the emails
But in the UniParty Swamp the offense is not in the content it is in the revealing - regardless of content.
Rohrabacher was my congressman between 2002-2010
Be careful when you use the term,”expose” and Podesta in the same sentence.
He who must now always be referred to as “accused rapist Bill Clinton”.
Not to mention a suicide just waiting to happen...
The day after mcconnel convicts potus following a 2 vote majority impeachment in the house. Just sayin.
Soon the DNC will be accused of the murder of Seth Rich...
But can we actually find a jury who would convict them? Can’t a jury just say innocent?
Assange Info Will Have ‘Earth-Shattering Political Impact’
Talk is cheap.
Still waiting for Bullwinkle to pull a rabbit out of his hat.
Of course. Leftists are quick to use ad hominem attacks--or any other fallacies of logic--when their arguments fail (which they quickly do).
Although it would be fun to watch Assange expose Democrats for the liars and scoundrels that they are, I'm so tired of mendacity, distortions, and propaganda that I welcome Truth whatever it is and wherever it comes from. I think many people feel the same.
Hatred of Truth is the evil most fundamental to the Decadence of Western Civilization. That's why so-called "Liberals" despise Truth with such fury. Even the names they give themselves--"Liberal," "Progressive," even "Democrat"--are false and Orwellian and reveal the scorn and hatred they have for Truth.
Waiting for the earth to shatter.
Yet, curiously, have not bet the farm on it.
....How soon they forget about Slick and the multiple women who’ve come forward over the years, accusing him of rape....
This is nothing new on unique. If you look at history, the rules are always DIFFERENT for democrats. No matter what, no matter where, no matter why.
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