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Donald Trump 'offered Julian Assange a pardon if he denied Russia link to hack'

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Donald Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon if he would say Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic party emails, a court in London has been told.

Donald Trump 'offered Julian Assange a pardon if he denied Russia link to hack' | Media | The Guardian

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The extraordinary claim was made at Westminster magistrates court before the opening next week of Assange’s legal battle to block attempts to extradite him to the US.

Assange’s barrister, Edward Fitzgerald QC, referred to evidence alleging that the former US Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher had been to see Assange, now 48, while he was still in the Ecuadorian embassy in August 2017.

A statement from Assange’s lawyer Jennifer Robinson 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”, Fitzgerald told Westminster magistrates court.

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Very interesting. I think it's better to be skeptical of this one given the source and lack of evidence but something to keep tabs on.
 
Assange is only 48. Wow. He looks like he is in his 70's
 
Very interesting. I think it's better to be skeptical of this one given the source and lack of evidence but something to keep tabs on.

On the other hand, the truth is usually the opposite of what the administration says and they're claiming it did not happen.
 
Here we go again..... More Russia garbage! The democrats are so damn desperate now.


White House spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, told reporters: “The president barely knows Dana Rohrabacher other than he’s an ex-congressman. He’s never spoken to him on this subject or almost any subject.”

“It is a complete fabrication and a total lie,” Grisham said. “This is probably another never ending hoax and total lie from the DNC.”

From the article.
 
On the other hand, the truth is usually the opposite of what the administration says and they're claiming it did not happen.
Perhaps the offer can be verified? Trump would have to have communicated somehow. There should be a record.
 
Donald Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon if he would say Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic party emails, a court in London has been told.

Donald Trump 'offered Julian Assange a pardon if he denied Russia link to hack' | Media | The Guardian

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The extraordinary claim was made at Westminster magistrates court before the opening next week of Assange’s legal battle to block attempts to extradite him to the US.

Assange’s barrister, Edward Fitzgerald QC, referred to evidence alleging that the former US Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher had been to see Assange, now 48, while he was still in the Ecuadorian embassy in August 2017.

A statement from Assange’s lawyer Jennifer Robinson 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”, Fitzgerald told Westminster magistrates court.

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Very interesting. I think it's better to be skeptical of this one given the source and lack of evidence but something to keep tabs on.


Funny stuff: You post this garbage and at the end of the post.... Never mind! We have to get Trump anyway we can. Another smear against the administration.:doh
 
Here we go again..... More Russia garbage! The democrats are so damn desperate now.


White House spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, told reporters: “The president barely knows Dana Rohrabacher other than he’s an ex-congressman. He’s never spoken to him on this subject or almost any subject.”

“It is a complete fabrication and a total lie,” Grisham said. “This is probably another never ending hoax and total lie from the DNC.”

From the article.

The president claims to "barely know a lot of people" that he somehow turns up in lots of buddy buddy photos and videos with..
 
One would think the alleged problem could be avoided by simply not prosecuting Mr. Assange.
 
Here we go again..... More Russia garbage! The democrats are so damn desperate now.


White House spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, told reporters: “The president barely knows Dana Rohrabacher other than he’s an ex-congressman. He’s never spoken to him on this subject or almost any subject.”

“It is a complete fabrication and a total lie,” Grisham said. “This is probably another never ending hoax and total lie from the DNC.”

From the article.

The WSJ did a piece on Rohrabacher meeting with Assange way back in September of 2017. The Guardian article even links to that report. According to the WSJ it was Rohrbacher that went to Trump after the Assange meeting, not the other way around.

There is ONE reason for this type of article and it's to put "impeachment" back in the propagandist news cycle.
 
Funny stuff: You post this garbage and at the end of the post.... Never mind! We have to get Trump anyway we can. Another smear against the administration.:doh

So, when is McCabe going to jail?
 
Here we go again..... More Russia garbage! The democrats are so damn desperate now.


White House spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, told reporters: “The president barely knows Dana Rohrabacher other than he’s an ex-congressman. He’s never spoken to him on this subject or almost any subject.”

“It is a complete fabrication and a total lie,” Grisham said. “This is probably another never ending hoax and total lie from the DNC.”

From the article.


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Here we go again..... More Russia garbage! The democrats are so damn desperate now.


White House spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, told reporters: “The president barely knows Dana Rohrabacher other than he’s an ex-congressman. He’s never spoken to him on this subject or almost any subject.”

“It is a complete fabrication and a total lie,” Grisham said. “This is probably another never ending hoax and total lie from the DNC.”

From the article.

Yep... Doesn't know him at all...

https://twitter.com/CahnEmily/status/1230202813457801218?s=19
 
Funny stuff: You post this garbage and at the end of the post.... Never mind! We have to get Trump anyway we can. Another smear against the administration.:doh

So much for "I love wikileaks..."

 
On the other hand, the truth is usually the opposite of what the administration says and they're claiming it did not happen.

I don't trust either side. It pausible to me, because it fits what I would expect of trump, but on the other hand, I think Assange is as big a liar as Trump is.
 
Here we go again..... More Russia garbage! The democrats are so damn desperate now.


White House spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, told reporters: “The president barely knows Dana Rohrabacher other than he’s an ex-congressman. He’s never spoken to him on this subject or almost any subject.”

“It is a complete fabrication and a total lie,” Grisham said. “This is probably another never ending hoax and total lie from the DNC.”

From the article.

Just curious.

How do you imagine that “Democrats” persuaded Julian Asange to make such a claim or for a British tabloid to report it?

Yeah, Trump doesn’t know the guy. Even though his name was floated as a potential Secretary of State.

But then, does anyone really believe any of the smack that comes out of this White House at all?????
 
The story title says:
"Donald Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon if he would say Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic party emails, a court in London has been told."

But the story says "Rohrabacher told the Wall Street Journal that as part of the deal he was proposing, Assange would have to hand over a computer drive or other data storage device that would prove that Russia was not the source of the hacked emails.
“He would get nothing, obviously, if what he gave us was not proof,” Rohrabacher said."

Couldn't the story title have been:
"Donald Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon if he would be able prove Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic party emails, a court in London has been told."

Kind of a big difference.

That's assuming there's even any truth to it.
 
The story title says:
"Donald Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon if he would say Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic party emails, a court in London has been told."

But the story says "Rohrabacher told the Wall Street Journal that as part of the deal he was proposing, Assange would have to hand over a computer drive or other data storage device that would prove that Russia was not the source of the hacked emails.
“He would get nothing, obviously, if what he gave us was not proof,” Rohrabacher said."

Couldn't the story title have been:
"Donald Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon if he would be able prove Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic party emails, a court in London has been told."

Kind of a big difference.

That's assuming there's even any truth to it.

Assange has always claimed that the emails didnt come from the Russians
 
Here we go again..... More Russia garbage! The democrats are so damn desperate now.


White House spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, told reporters: “The president barely knows Dana Rohrabacher other than he’s an ex-congressman. He’s never spoken to him on this subject or almost any subject.”

“It is a complete fabrication and a total lie,” Grisham said. “This is probably another never ending hoax and total lie from the DNC.”

From the article.

LOL You mean now Trumpists are telling the truth? They lie so much it is very hard to believe. After all Wikileaks has been declared a stooge of Putin's GRU by our own intelligence agencies.
 
The story title says:
"Donald Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon if he would say Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic party emails, a court in London has been told."

But the story says "Rohrabacher told the Wall Street Journal that as part of the deal he was proposing, Assange would have to hand over a computer drive or other data storage device that would prove that Russia was not the source of the hacked emails.
“He would get nothing, obviously, if what he gave us was not proof,” Rohrabacher said."

Couldn't the story title have been:
"Donald Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon if he would be able prove Russia was not involved in leaking Democratic party emails, a court in London has been told."

Kind of a big difference.

That's assuming there's even any truth to it.

The Rohrabacher story is old news. What is new in this filing in British courts is that the deal wasn't for any kind of proof. Keep up.
 
Assange has always claimed that the emails didnt come from the Russians

And our own intelligence agencies all have declared Wikileaks to be a stooge of Putin's GRU. When have they ever released anything bad on Russia?
 
WOW!!!! Just how low will Trump sink to avoid the consequences of his own illegal actions? This is pretty low- offering a pardon to an international rogue if they will just lie for him.

Simply amazing!!!
 
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