WikiLeaks founder Assange was offered presidential pardon to help 'resolve' Russia role in DNC hack

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Russia, Russia, Russia...... Pardon, Pardon, Pardon

NBC News.com  9/18/2020

Assange was offered presidential pardon to help 'resolve' Russia role in DNC hack, court told

LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was offered a presidential pardon if he helped to resolve the "ongoing speculation about Russian involvement" in the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails leaked during the 2016 U.S. election campaign, a London court heard Friday.

Assange's lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, said she saw then-Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., and Trump associate Charles Johnson make the offer during an August 2017 meeting at London's Ecuadorian Embassy, where Assange was evading arrest at the time. His seven-year stay there came to an end in April 2019 when Ecuador revoked his political asylum and invited police officers inside to arrest him.

Rohrabacher and Johnson said Trump knew about the meeting and approved offering Assange what they described as a "win-win" proposal, according to Robinson's statement provided to Assange's hearing in Old Bailey court.

Assange, 49, is fighting extradition to the U.S. where he faces up to 175 years in prison on espionage charges over WikiLeaks' release of confidential diplomatic cables in 2010 and 2011....

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/assange-offered-pardon-if-he-helped-resolve-speculation-about-russian-n1240424?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

[toomuchbaloney]

Thats how despots roll...we can tag all of the sycophants now while they feel like they are safe because they will run and sing much different songs when the lights turn on.

[nursel56]

I have a feeling all sorts of horror stories will pour forth after the election. Not everybody wants to be a whistleblower now considering the reprisals they face, and honestly I do understand their position.

I just hope the Biden Administration doesn't get mired in it to the exclusion of moving they country forward.