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Trump Offered Assange Pardon if He Covered Up Russian Hack, WikiLeaks Founder’s Lawyer Claims
The Daily Beast ^ | February 19, 2020 | Nico Hines

Posted on 02/19/2020 10:52:09 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia

LONDON—A lawyer for Julian Assange has claimed in court that President Trump offered to pardon Assange if the WikiLeaks founder agreed to help cover up Russia’s involvement in hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee.

Assange’s lawyers said on Wednesday that former Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher offered Assange the deal in 2017, a year after emails that damaged Hillary Clinton in the presidential race had been published. WikiLeaks posted the stolen DNC emails after they were hacked by Russian operatives.

The claim that Rohrabacher acted as an emissary for the White House came during a pre-extradition hearing in London.

Assange has argued that he should not be extradited to the U.S. because the American case against him is politically motivated. He spent almost seven years hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in Central London claiming that he would be jailed in the U.S. if he wasn’t granted asylum. He was kicked out of the embassy last year.

His lawyers told the court that Trump’s alleged offer to pardon Assange proved that this was no ordinary criminal investigation.

Edward Fitzgerald, who was representing Assange in court, said he had evidence that a quid pro quo was put to Assange by Rohrabacher, who was known as Putin’s favorite congressman.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: assange; fakenews; quidproquo; tds; thedailyclownbeast; trump; trumppardons; wegothimnow; wikileaks
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Don't shoot me for posting this. This is apparently blowing up now on Twitter, so we might want to know that this allegation is the next thing coming down the pike.
1 posted on 02/19/2020 10:52:09 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

So Nancy has her rationale to open Impeachment 2.0

Yawn. I wonder what the opening lines are for the XFL this weekend?


2 posted on 02/19/2020 10:54:32 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Already reported in the Daily Mail as true. But they are anti US anti Trump.


3 posted on 02/19/2020 10:54:35 AM PST by rrrod (6)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Oy, vey...


4 posted on 02/19/2020 10:54:45 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Oh brother. More BS.


5 posted on 02/19/2020 10:55:50 AM PST by VeniVidiVici
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Two words:

Seth.

Rich.


6 posted on 02/19/2020 10:56:29 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (If you don't recognize that as sarcasm you are dumber than a bag of hammers.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Damn! I hope I don’t lose any sleep over this tonight.


7 posted on 02/19/2020 10:56:42 AM PST by heshtesh
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

“...Rohrabacher acted as an emissary for the White House...”

LOLOLOLOLOL


8 posted on 02/19/2020 10:57:04 AM PST by youngidiot (God save the President!)
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...they were hacked by Russian operatives.

False testimony or fake news. No hacker could have remained connected for more than a month to download that much data. It had to be copied directly from the server.

9 posted on 02/19/2020 10:57:39 AM PST by Ingtar (Bedbugs, thy name is Democrat.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Yeah - this is BS to take advantage of a current narrative


10 posted on 02/19/2020 10:57:47 AM PST by Skywise
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I don’t buy it.


11 posted on 02/19/2020 10:57:47 AM PST by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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Rohrabacher, who was known as Putin’s favorite congressman..

Is the BEAST right, left or neither?

Putin has a favorite congressman? Who knew?

Do they exchange cards and gifts and go out to dinner regularly?


12 posted on 02/19/2020 10:57:57 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
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This smells like CIA disinformation.


13 posted on 02/19/2020 10:58:07 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Russia’s involvement in hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee

I'll need to see evidence that any "hacking" occurred.

As I understand it, the timeline is pretty well established and it happened very quick -- had to be an inside job downloading files to a flash drive (Seth Rich).

14 posted on 02/19/2020 10:58:12 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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I'd love Trump to sue this guy out of house, home, clothing, food, a
spot on the street...

I'm so tired of this "stuff".

15 posted on 02/19/2020 10:58:15 AM PST by DoughtyOne (The DNC has a taxidermist on speed dial for Nancy, Hillary, and Ruth.)
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lol. Very desperate... It’s completely counter to logic for this to have occurred. Trust a known “leaker” with a deal that could be devastating if “leaked.” HA HA HA


16 posted on 02/19/2020 10:58:25 AM PST by StolarStorm
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

They back off their own claim the second sentence into the article.


17 posted on 02/19/2020 10:58:38 AM PST by dead (Trump puts crazy glue on their grenades and they never know it until after they pull the pin.)
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Why is Assange STILL covering up then? Hes always maintained it wasnt a Russian hack that exposed the emails, wasnt it?


18 posted on 02/19/2020 10:58:38 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Sounds like payback for Trump not pardoning Assange to me.


19 posted on 02/19/2020 10:59:00 AM PST by vigilence (Vigilence)
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I think if Democrats want to hear what Assange has to say, Trump would be all for it! They don’t realize he will confirm “The Server” was never hacked by the Russians, because he got the emails from Seth Rich on a thumb drive.


20 posted on 02/19/2020 10:59:05 AM PST by oil_dude
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