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... s DNC hacking.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/julian-assange-says-he-was-promised-a-trump-pardon-if-he-would-lie-about-russias-dnc-hacking/

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.
Now Assange is alleging the "deal" was a quid pro quo to exonerate Russia for 2016.
Trump's impeachment focused on Trump using military aid (specifically, Javelin missiles) to extort Ukraine into rigging the 2020 election by investigating the Bidens. However, in he transcript his initial focus was on extorting Ukraine into exonerating Russia for 2016:
Zelensky: I would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense. We are ready to continue to cooperate for the next steps specifically we are almost. ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.
Trump: I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it. I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say Crowdstrike... I guess you have one of your wealthy people... The server, they say Ukraine has it. There are a lot of things that went on, the whole situation. I think you're surrounding yourself with some of the same people.
This exchange was a reference to a fairly insane conspiracy theory, emanating from and enhanced by Russian propaganda efforts, to claim that Ukraine was actually responsible for 2016 election interference and that the DNC framed Russia. (shorturl.at/rDEIQ)
As far as where Trump got his marching orders, it would appear that happened in his meeting with Putin in Helsinki (shorturl.at/aevH3) where he famously sided with Putin over his intelligence services. (shorturl.at/uJ034)
"Where is the server? I want to know, where is the server? And what is the server saying? With that being said, all I can do is ask the question," Mr Trump said in a press conference while standing alongside President Putin. "My people came to me Dan Coats came to me and some others they said they think it's Russia. I have President Putin; he just said it's not Russia. I will say this: I don't see any reason why it would be, but I really do want to see the server."
If Assange is telling the truth, this effort extends back a year earlier, and begin with an offer to enlist Assange personally into the conspiracy.

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