Assange Claims He Was Promised A Pardon To Lie About Russia/DNC Hack

Whoa if true. Julian Assange is in court in England today and the claim that he was offered a pardon to cover up Russian involvement in the DNC hack is going to blow up the news.
Assange Claims He Was Promised A Pardon To Lie About Russia/DNC Hack
Credit: screenshot/ABC/2013
By David Edwards — February 19, 2020

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange told a British court on Tuesday that he had been promised a pardon by people close to President Donald Trump.

Assange made the remarks while appearing at a pretrial hearing via teleconference.

Courtroom reporter James Doleman broke the news on Twitter. According to Doleman, Assange said that the pardon was conditional on him publicly announcing that Russia had nothing to do with the attack on the 2016 election.

In 2017, a The Wall Street Journal report said that Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) attempted to broker a deal for a pardon or clemency between the White House and Assange.

Assange is wanted in the United States on 18 counts of violating espionage laws and conspiring to hack government computers.

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