Assange is the 'only foreigner' the Trump administration would welcome to the U.S., Clinton jokes

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Source: washpost




Clinton on Assange arrest: 'He has to answer for what he has done'

April 12 at 7:59 AM

The moderator wondered whether Hillary Clinton might have thoughts on Julian Assange’s arrest — noting that Clinton has “some familiarity” with the WikiLeaks founder’s work.

“I do, I do,” she replied, laughing, three years after WikiLeaks published leaked emails from her campaign chairman, along with a trove of emails sent to and from her private server.
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Then she joked: “I do think it’s a little ironic that he may be the only foreigner that this administration would welcome to the United States.”
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“It is clear from the indictment that came out it’s not about punishing journalism,” the former secretary of state said. “It’s about assisting the hacking of the military computer to steal information from the United States government...........................

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/12/assange-is-only-foreigner-trump-administration-would-welcome-us-clinton-jokes/?utm_term=.ac45e38eae23

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[TexasBushwhacker]

1. Trump welcomes the Saudis and Russians too n/t

[Lucky Luciano]

2. Don't forget the Norwegians!

Presumably he meant stereotypical swimsuit models from Norway.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. tRump has invited Putin to the White House. . . . nt

[Blue_Tires]

3. HRC has been throwing an increasing amount of shade

at Trump on Twitter and it gives me life...

[mackdaddy]

4. They did NOT have emails from Hillary's private server. They had emails from the DNC.

I believe that this is an important fact that the WaPo got Wrong.

[StevieM]

7. Excellent point. The Washington Post got it wrong because they wanted to get it wrong.

I hope they make a correction, but I am betting that they won't.

It appears that HRC's private server was the more secure device in America during the Obama years.

[amcgrath]

5. Watch what Assange gets charged with

Extradition law demands that country name all the charges against a suspect. After extradition, no further charges may be added.

If Assange is only charged with trying to help Chelsea Manning access government computers, then it will not be possible to bring him to court on charges of his collusion with GRU and Trump campaign.

Bringing Assange to the USA this way could be a way of silencing him

[jrellis]

12. you might be right

i don't think trump wants him to say anything anytime anywhere.
he doesn't want to take the chance that assange will rat him out for a plea deal or anything else. i still think they might find some convenient loophole to nix the extradition. in any case, it would be a closed court to try to mute him. trump may feel barr can mask this one too. it doesn't seem to matter. trump supporters don't seem to care that trump is evil. if they don't care about all the hell he has already wreaked, these charges are only small time. we are only federally talking about collusion while trump is... well you know.

the bottom line is trump is not the worst person is america. everyone who supports him is even worse. america sucks. i used to assume we were all victims. i couldn't imagine that people were really putting up with this. but i speak to people sometimes and am always very surprised when they say they support him. i try to focus my hatred on trump, but i can't forget that my neighbors are beyond hope for all eternity. i will never forgive or help them or their children. i demand respect and if i don't get it, i don't give it. is it just my imagination; it feels like war, and i am losing.

... and to quote our poor pitiful preposterous pigheaded pestilent puny putrid pernicious perverted pissant profligate purulent petulant pathetic pirate plundering polluted profligate president: " .... ....... "

[rogue emissary]

8. Those two are my Presidents.

[sandensea]

9. Not including Slovenian hookers

To be fair to the man.

[Magoo48]

10. Regardless of who Assange may or may not be, here's what I see.

I see the USA exerting it’s overpowering, overwhelming, unjust, insatiable power and pressure over other sovereign nations undoubtedly using overt as well as covert tactics perfected in untold situations ever since WWII. So, I see nothing to rejoice about even if Assange is an asshole, because we are the biggest bully in the hood.

[colorado_ufo]

11. Well, Trump couldn't argue

that Assange isn't "white enough."