Posted on 10/04/2020 7:10:12 AM PDT by RandFan
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii Democrat, has gained support from Republican colleagues in calling for the U.S. government to abandon its criminal cases against Julian Assange and Edward J. Snowden.
Along with Rep. Thomas Massie, Kentucky Republican, she introduced a resolution Friday urging the U.S. to drop all charges and efforts to extradite Mr. Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, Florida Republican, joined the Democrat days earlier by co-sponsoring a similar resolution asking the U.S. to drop its case against Mr. Snowden, who is also wanted for leaking.
Mr. Assange, who launched the WikiLeaks website in 2006, and Mr. Snowden, a former intelligence contractor, each face criminal charges in separate cases related to leaking classified information.
Both men have been charged in federal court in Alexandria, Va., with violating the U.S. Espionage Act, and they face the possibility of hefty prison sentences if put on trial and convicted.
Mr. Massie and Mr. Gaetz agreed with the Democrat about dropping the cases against Mr. Assange and Mr. Snowden, respectively, giving each of the congresswoman’s resolutions bipartisan support.
“The ongoing attempts to prosecute Julian Assange threaten our First Amendment rights, and should be opposed by all who wish to safeguard our constitutional rights now and in the years to come,” said Mr. Massie. “I join my colleague, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, in calling for an immediate end to all charges against Mr. Assange.”
“Edward Snowden has been unfairly villainized and persecuted for disclosing the true scope of illegal government surveillance. This is unjust,” Mr. Gaetz said in a statement. “Charges against Snowden should be dropped.”
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Snowden and Assange engaged in horrible betrayals...of the Deep State.
Not Snowden. Assange, possibly.
Do not feel obliged to support the accuracy of a broken clocks on the occasions they happen to give the right time of day. Assange’s charges should be dropped, and if Gibbard wants them dropped too, then its just an occasion she happens to be right.
“The ongoing attempts to prosecute Julian Assange threaten our First Amendment rights,
Didn’t know Assange was a US citizen and has first amendment rights.
Drop anything and everything against the both of them. They’re in a cell or in hiding, while Bergdahl and Lindh walk the earth free men. Both committed crimes that caused the death and serious injury to patriotic American’s.
Snowden was somebody that made us all aware of just how sinister our government and it’s puppet masters in tech and the Bilderberg types have become.
Let them walk.
On a side note, I don’t think they’d last very long on the street. They’ll be joining Seth Rich and many others in short time.
I’m surprised Assange ever made it out of the Ecuador Embassy (in London) alive . Recall 4 years ago someone tried scaling the wall of the embassy.
I would never vote for her, she is too far left but at least she isn’t nuts like the rest of them.
While they spoke of citizens in their pre-constitution discussions....half the country were non-citizens.
Both my grandmothers came here circa 1910. Neither became citizens.
Did their actions result in more pluses or minuses?
She has some positions we can agree on.
I think some people call her the last “honest” Democrat...
I think Assange would roll on the Dems. AKA Seth Rich
Gabbard is definitely a lefty, but she was the only Democrat candidate that didn’t give the impression that she would lock Conservatives in re-education camps.
She is also leading the effort to stop ballot harvesting.
She was devastating in her attacks on Kamala and the mayor. Why did she never attack Biden?
Pushing for a VP slot or an Administration post.
Snowden and Assange engaged in horrible betrayals...of the Deep State.
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Snowden and Assange engaged in horrible betrayals of the country and should not be rewarded, but shot.
Don’t believe it...
I would never vote for her, she is too far left but at least she isn’t nuts like the rest of them.
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appearances and opportunity is all; otherwise she’s as nutz as the rest or she wouldn’t be a democrat.
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