Poll of the Day > Julian Assange says he was promised a Trump pardon if he would lie about Russia

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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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I can't believe there are still people who think Assange is "just" a reporter

Chelsea Manning, Reality Winner, Edward Snowden
Those three deserve pardons, IMO.

They were just doing what they thought was right, without trying to siphon off benefits from their actions.

But Julian Assange? Fuck him. He should rot in jail the rest of his life. Dude's fucking delusional and egotistical, too. The Ecuador embassy was the only shield he had from being arrested, and he went and acted like a spoiled brat so much that they eventually got fed up and gave up protecting him.

Assange is trying to get out of jail lol. Funny how he was a media darling when he was releasing info on Bush but as soon as the clintons got involved which helped trump he's a world class criminal working with Russia. Stuff is so blatantly transparent its laughable

didnt julian also literally smear shit all over his walls

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Smarkil posted...

didnt julian also literally smear shit all over his walls

Literally.

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Rohrabacher confirms he offered Trump pardon to Assange for proof Russia didn't hack DNC email https://news.yahoo.com/rohrabacher-confirms-he-offered-trump-pardon-to-assange-for-proof-russia-didnt-hack-dnc-email-131438007.html

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