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Rohrabacher confirms he offered Trump pardon to Assange for proof Russia didn't hack DNC email
MSN News ^ | 2/20/20 | Michael Isikoff

Posted on 02/20/2020 8:21:36 AM PST by DoodleDawg

Former California Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher confirmed in a new interview that during a three-hour meeting at the Ecuadorian Embassy in August 2017, he told Julian Assange he would get President Trump to give him a pardon if he turned over information proving the Russians had not been the source of internal Democratic National Committee emails published by WikiLeaks.

In a phone interview with Yahoo News, Rohrabacher said his goal during the meeting was to find proof for a widely debunked conspiracy theory: that WikiLeaks’ real source for the DNC emails was not Russian intelligence agents, as U.S. officials have since concluded, but former DNC staffer Seth Rich, who was murdered on the streets of Washington in July 2016 in what police believe was a botched robbery.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ecuador; fakenews; michaelisikoff; rohrabacher; trump; trumppardons; trumprussia; wikileaks
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To: DoodleDawg

the story yesterday was Trump offered the pardon...


21 posted on 02/20/2020 8:34:12 AM PST by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: DoodleDawg

Here we go with impeachment 3.0.


22 posted on 02/20/2020 8:34:21 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Cboldt

Well, yes, I do. It was confirmed by the subject himself and this has nothing to do with Trump - so don’t worry about it.


23 posted on 02/20/2020 8:34:25 AM PST by Dave W
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To: Williams
Whether or not it’s wrong to say he would then work to get Assange a pardon is another question, but he certainly had the right to say it in a conversation.

If you are promising presidential action on something then shouldn't you check with the President before you promise it?

24 posted on 02/20/2020 8:34:48 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: God luvs America
the story yesterday was Trump offered the pardon...

And today the facts are coming out that contradict yesterday's story. Isn't that amazing? </sarcasm>

25 posted on 02/20/2020 8:36:19 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

So the REAL story of Assange and a pardon from Trump is that a DEMOCRAT offered the pardon in exchange for Assange claiming that it wasn’t the Russians who hacked the DNC’s computers. That is a significant change from what The Hill was spouting yesterday.

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/483670-assange-lawyer-says-trump-offered-pardon-in-exchange-for-saying


26 posted on 02/20/2020 8:36:29 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (A socalist is someone that wants everything you have except your job.)
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To: DoodleDawg

“Rohrabacher confirms he offered Trump pardon to Assange for proof Russia didn’t hack DNC email”

This is much different than the headline yesterday that that screamed Trump wanted Assange to lie about Russian the hack.


27 posted on 02/20/2020 8:36:42 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE (I'm)
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To: DoodleDawg
What the lawyer states is irrelevant. Rohrabacher admits he said he would get President Trump to authorize a pardon if he delivered to him, Rohrabacher, the proof that it wasn't Russia that provided the emails. I have heard nowhere that President Trump admited that he agreed to pardon Julian if he delivered.

The fact that he didn't deliver tells me that either the promise of a pardon was not set in stone, or Julian couldn't prove his claim that it wasn't Russia.

So since no deal was made, there is zero evidence to support that Julian bought it as you claimed.

28 posted on 02/20/2020 8:38:53 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Sans-Culotte

Today’s version is that a congressman offered a pardon, not Trump. There is no evidence Trump was ever even presented with the proposal.


29 posted on 02/20/2020 8:40:09 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (A socalist is someone that wants everything you have except your job.)
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To: DoodleDawg

Why was this not quid pro quo?


30 posted on 02/20/2020 8:42:17 AM PST by ptsal ( Bust the NVIA)
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To: Williams
Please note the article says that he wanted actual information, not a made up story. There is nothing wrong with that. Whether or not it’s wrong to say he would then work to get Assange a pardon is another question, but he certainly had the right to say it in a conversation.

Agree.

Essentially Rohrabacher went to Assange and asked if he had proof Russia didn't hack the DNC. It's difficult to prove the negative but he was also asking 'do you have any evidence someone else did it?' And if you do have evidence it was someone else than the Russians the evidence would benefit Assange and Trump.

Simply asking someone if they had evidence to prove your client innocent isn't a crime.

If Rohrabacher asked Assange to fabricate proof it wasn't the Russians that would be different.

31 posted on 02/20/2020 8:45:20 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: ptsal
Why was this not quid pro quo?

It was, sort of. It was a quid pro quo between Assange and Rohrbacher. But if the side promising had no power to deliver on that promise then was it really a quid pro quo?

32 posted on 02/20/2020 8:45:38 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Blood of Tyrants
So the REAL story of Assange and a pardon from Trump is that a DEMOCRAT offered the pardon in exchange for Assange claiming that it wasn’t the Russians who hacked the DNC’s computers

Not really. Rohrabacher is a Republican.

33 posted on 02/20/2020 8:46:39 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Rohrabacher’s statement was crystal-clear, he made the offer knowing that Trump was totally unaware of it and that he’d have to convince him to actually issue the pardon if he brought back the information. That wasn’t very smart maybe, but it was Roharbacher’s doing.

They don’t need Assange if they’re just confirm what Bill Binney has said for years, that the DNC server info could only have come from a direct transfer, not a “hack”.


34 posted on 02/20/2020 8:47:06 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: bigbob

Seth Rich


35 posted on 02/20/2020 8:48:04 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: DoodleDawg

Yesterday I saw articles that claimed he never offered a pardon. One day he did...the next day he didn’t? No wonder no one believes the media anymore. They can’t get their stories straight.


36 posted on 02/20/2020 8:49:26 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: DoodleDawg

I can imagine that conversation taking place.

It’s way different than the current narrative, which is “Trump offered a pardon to Assange if he would LIE about Russia.”


37 posted on 02/20/2020 8:53:49 AM PST by Not A Snowbird (I trust President Trump.)
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To: Robert DeLong
What the lawyer states is irrelevant. Rohrabacher admits he said he would get President Trump to authorize a pardon if he delivered to him, Rohrabacher, the proof that it wasn't Russia that provided the emails. I have heard nowhere that President Trump admited that he agreed to pardon Julian if he delivered.

And Rohrabacher is upfront about that and states that the President never said he would pardon Assange. Regardless of what Rohrabacher promised and what the media was saying yesterday.

So since no deal was made, there is zero evidence to support that Julian bought it as you claimed.

Other that what Assange's lawyer claimed there's no evidence at all. But hey, what do lawyers know? </sarcasm>

38 posted on 02/20/2020 8:55:20 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: alstewartfan

Yes, Trump had nothing to do with it. Rohrbacher said as much.


39 posted on 02/20/2020 8:55:34 AM PST by Tennessee Conservative
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To: Sans-Culotte

Excellent point. Media lies change entire meaning. Add in that it wasn’t even from Trump (as in ‘Trump offers a pardon’ vs Rohrabacher offers’) and this is a big nothingburger as usual.


40 posted on 02/20/2020 8:56:55 AM PST by wattsgnu
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