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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaPo: The White House denies Julian Assange's pardon claim. Here's what we know about it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/19/white-house-denies-julian-assanges-pardon-claim-heres-what-we-know-about-it/
By Aaron Blake
Feb. 19, 2020 at 3:40 p.m. EST
A day after President Trump issued executive clemency to 11 people including former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, another potential Trump pardon is in the news.
This one: For Julian Assange.
Assanges lawyers claimed in a London court Wednesday that they would provide evidence that then-Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) promised Assange a pardon or some other favor related to a U.S. prosecution if he provided information absolving Russia of responsibility for hacking Democratic Party emails in 2016.
Assanges lawyer, Edward Fitzgerald, said he had a statement from another Assange lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, that shows Mr. Rohrabacher going to see Mr. Assange and saying, on instructions from the president, he was offering a pardon or some other way out, if Mr. Assange said Russia had nothing to do with the DNC leaks.
As with all claims by Assange, its worth skepticism and careful assessment.
The first thing to note is that Assanges credibility is very questionable, and he has plenty of reason to make such an allegation. He is fighting extradition to the United States, and one of the ways you can beat extradition is by arguing that you are being targeted politically. This would seem to feed into such an effort.
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By Aaron Blake
Feb. 19, 2020 at 3:40 p.m. EST
A day after President Trump issued executive clemency to 11 people including former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, another potential Trump pardon is in the news.
This one: For Julian Assange.
Assanges lawyers claimed in a London court Wednesday that they would provide evidence that then-Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) promised Assange a pardon or some other favor related to a U.S. prosecution if he provided information absolving Russia of responsibility for hacking Democratic Party emails in 2016.
Assanges lawyer, Edward Fitzgerald, said he had a statement from another Assange lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, that shows Mr. Rohrabacher going to see Mr. Assange and saying, on instructions from the president, he was offering a pardon or some other way out, if Mr. Assange said Russia had nothing to do with the DNC leaks.
As with all claims by Assange, its worth skepticism and careful assessment.
The first thing to note is that Assanges credibility is very questionable, and he has plenty of reason to make such an allegation. He is fighting extradition to the United States, and one of the ways you can beat extradition is by arguing that you are being targeted politically. This would seem to feed into such an effort.
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WaPo: The White House denies Julian Assange's pardon claim. Here's what we know about it. (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
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If Rohrabacher met with Assange around that time, it would've been public
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
#5
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. But but but .. .
t-rump barely knows Rohrabacher . . .
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)2. ...yet, Rohrabacher's office refuses to confirm or deny:
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)3. This:
on instructions from the president
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)5. If Rohrabacher met with Assange around that time, it would've been public
...since he would've had to walk thru the front door of the Ecuadoran Embassy to do so. And, Assange is a notoriously sneaky little fucker, so he might've recorded it?
That said, Rohrabacher might have been talking out of his ass about a pardon being available for him.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)7. Oh, I see what you're saying. Hmmm.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)4. So will witnesses be testifying under oath
In London? Does that count? Asking for a friend.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)6. "There's two people I think Putin pays..."
From House of Trump, House of Putin by Craig Unger
(p 242)
Widely known as Putin's favorite congressman, Rohrabacher traveled to Moscow on an official congressional trip in April 2016, Politico reported...
(pp. 246-247)
Now came McCarthy's eureka moment. "I'll guarantee you that's what it is," he said. "[unintelligible] The Russians hacked the DNC and got the opp research that they had on Trump."
"And delivered it to who?" asks (Paul) Ryan.
[Unintelligible]
Kevin McCarthy: "There's two people, I think, Putin pays--Rohrabacher and Trump...Swear to God."
"And delivered it to who?" asks (Paul) Ryan.
[Unintelligible]
Kevin McCarthy: "There's two people, I think, Putin pays--Rohrabacher and Trump...Swear to God."
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)8. I'll still never know why
when it was revealed two years ago that Sean Hannity has hotlines to BOTH Trump and Assange, it wasn't a much bigger story...
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)9. Julian has some ugly bedfellows...
Azathoth
(4,611 posts)10. Time to impeach again nt