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Is Trump about to help pardon Assange? Shock calls after WikiLeaks release Clinton e-mail
Express (UK) ^ | VICKIIE OLIPHANT

Posted on 11/10/2016 1:37:34 PM PST by bobk3

Now Trump supporters, who are still celebrating his historic win last night that saw him secure 279 votes in the electoral college, say the WikiLeaks activist should be pardoned for helping to bring home the victory.

Hundreds of social media users have gone online to demand Mr Trump takes action immediately to pardon the activist, who remains holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

James Thomas said: “Julian Assange is a hero. Trump should pardon and make him Press Secretary.”

Patrick Savalle said: “Mr. Trump, now show some real balls and pardon Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and most of all your chief campaigner Julian Assange.”

Twitter user Chrysostomos said: “Has Trump been in touch with Julian Assange about a possible pardon? I think many would be happy to lobby him for one.”

Duke Rivers tweeted: “Mr. President-Elect Trump: may I make a suggestion? Pardon Assange. The value of his work is clear by now.”


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1 posted on 11/10/2016 1:37:34 PM PST by bobk3
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Obviously, Trump can’t pardon Assange before 1/20/17. Maybe Obama will do it in response to the reports Hillary blamed him and Comey for her election loss.


2 posted on 11/10/2016 1:40:54 PM PST by CatOwner
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OK, he’s not a U.S. citizen. He hasn’t been convicted of a crime in the U.S. He’s not under indictment in the U.S. Pardon him for what?


3 posted on 11/10/2016 1:41:29 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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ONE man --doing more than the ENTIRE US MSM..?

Very easily.

4 posted on 11/10/2016 1:41:50 PM PST by gaijin
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Any first pardon should go to Sheriff Joe Arpaio!

Obama/Lynch had been hounding him for years.

He endorsed Trump right from the very beginning and was with him all 7 times Trump came to AZ. And with Pence here twice.

Sheriff Joe has been fighting the border fight for decades!!


5 posted on 11/10/2016 1:42:01 PM PST by Az Joe (11-9-2016-----We are still here President Reagan!!)
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Fact: A bunch of people on Twitter who may or may not be Trump supporters say “let’s pardon Assange”.

Media Headline: Trump is about to pardon Assange.

(something he will have no power to do anyway)

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!


6 posted on 11/10/2016 1:42:12 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: DoodleDawg

I know right?


7 posted on 11/10/2016 1:43:00 PM PST by Fhios
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To: DoodleDawg

Oh, that’s right. That makes my post #2 pointless.


8 posted on 11/10/2016 1:43:34 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: bobk3

It would make one hell of a bargaining chip with Obama to keep Hillary from getting same.


9 posted on 11/10/2016 1:49:12 PM PST by t4texas (No koolaid for me. Thanks!)
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I think the reason he is in the Bolivian embassy is that Sweden has a rape charge standing against him. Whether it's a genuine charge, or poltically motivated, I'm not sure. In any case, the feeling is that once he arrives in Sweden, he could be extradited to the US and face charges that could be made in the Bradley Manning case.

It's a tricky case. He probably helped Trump, but he has done damage in other WikiLeaks releases.

10 posted on 11/10/2016 1:50:06 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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Is Trump about to help pardon Assange? Shock calls after WikiLeaks release Clinton e-mail

I totally support the request that Assange be pardoned.

Rarely do some people not only do bad things for a good reason, but also do so with transcendental results.

In fact, if there were an ounce of character, moral, ethics, real knowledge, in Barack Hussein Obama, he would preempt Trump and FINALLY accomplish ONE GOOD THING FOR THE RESTORATION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

I am not holding my breath.

11 posted on 11/10/2016 1:52:23 PM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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This is the end of the line for the globalists on both the left and the right. The election was for all the marbles because the world is waking up to the hidden assets and lines of oligarch control via the Internet. The news media were the last line of defense to the citadel. People are learning about the Bilderberg Society, the Mt. Pelerin Society, the Council of Foreign Nations, the true strategies of the IMF and the World Bank. We are now looking at the man behind the curtain thanks to the many investigative authors who have their works online and to the whislteblowers Assange, Snowden and Manning. The only strategy left to the fascist financier oligarchy is to blow the planet to ash via WWIII, which they are trying like hyenas to provoke in Syria and Ukraine.


12 posted on 11/10/2016 1:58:31 PM PST by Yollopoliuhqui (Smarter - Faster)
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Trump cannot pardon him unless he was just elected President of Sweden.

I suspect however that the Swedes are about to drop the charges and he will go free.

I think elites in Europe are now afraid of him. He brought down the Clintons! What could he do to US??


13 posted on 11/10/2016 2:00:09 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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I don’t think a pardon is in the future for Assange, but I could see a quite reasonable plea deal with a Trump Justice Department.

He’s done a great service to the American people, but let’s not forget we actually do have an interest in keeping military secrets from our enemies to protect the American people.

I think the Obama administration expected that Permanent Demographic Change was already here and the Left would have control of the US government for the foreseeable future.

Therefore they didn’t give a crap about the rule of law and made the departments and agencies of the US government a type of Chekist tool against political and ideological opponents.

Personally, I have ZERO confidence that the NSA has not been used to blackmail justices or congressmen or media people with the mass data they collect on ordinary American citizens.

We need a new regime of whistleblower protections to pick up legitimate whistleblowers.

But it is not necessarily all black and white. For example, Edward Snowden did a service in many respects, but not in others.

I suggest Assange and Snowden seek reasonable plea agreements that contain consent agreements on conduct going forward in conjunction with new congressional legislation with a view to drawing a new line between whistleblowing and genuine protection of legitimate US secrets.


14 posted on 11/10/2016 2:01:27 PM PST by Meet the New Boss
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Pardon?

For what?

Has he done anything against US laws?

AFAIK, he’s wanted in Sweden for possible underage sex charges.................


15 posted on 11/10/2016 2:02:45 PM PST by Red Badger (In CHICAGO?)
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Oh, that’s right. That makes my post #2 pointless.

It most certainly does not!

Most mentally healthy informed, knowledgeable adults understand that it is a rational assumption that January 21 is the earliest he is legally empowered to grant a pardon; or anything else, for that matter; or January 23, 2017, if he is a good Christian.

16 posted on 11/10/2016 2:02:52 PM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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To: bobk3

As far as I know he has not been charged with a crime in the US, nor is he under investigation for a potential crime.

the only place where he is wanted for questioning is Sweden for a rape charge.


17 posted on 11/10/2016 2:03:19 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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While I appreciate the sentiment and certainly what Assange has done, to my knowledge he is not accused of breaking any US law.

Ergo, there is no a US president can pardon.

The pardon would have to come from where ever the rape charge (which appears fake) came from.


18 posted on 11/10/2016 2:05:27 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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I think elites in Europe are now afraid of him. He brought down the Clintons! What could he do to US??

Point made.

19 posted on 11/10/2016 2:06:56 PM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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I think elites in Europe are now afraid of him. He brought down the Clintons! What could he do to US??

Point made.

20 posted on 11/10/2016 2:07:45 PM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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