This doesn't make a lot of sense. How can Trump pardon Assange for (if I remember correctly) a rape charge in Sweden? And how can a Trump pardon prevent Assange from being arrested in the UK when he leaves the embassy. Trump isn't president of the entire world. Besides, Rohrbacher is on Putin's payroll (according to his fellow Republican congresspeep), so of course he's saying this. barfo
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/may/19/swedish-prosecutors-drop-julian-assange-investigation'' Swedish prosecutors drop Julian Assange rape investigation But I'm sure there's a wordpress blog that debunks that.
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/348773-could-trump-pardon-assange Assange has not been charged or convicted of any wrongdoing by the United States. Officials have suggested for months that Assange could be charged at any time, but it still hasn't happened. “It would be extremely unusual to pardon someone who hasn’t been charged,” said Margaret Love, who served as the Department of Justice pardon attorney between 1990 and 1997. Love noted that some of the only cases where people who had not been charged with a crime were pardoned included President Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon after Watergate, President Jimmy Carter's pardon of Vietnam draft dodgers, and President Ronald Reagan's pardon of undocumented immigrants. Former members of the intelligence community told The Hill that such a pardon of Assange would also come with serious consequences. “By serving the system, you undermine your values. By speaking out, you’re betraying your oath. I spent a career getting people in that situation to commit treason,” said Carle. A pardon would also likely be interpreted as a slap in the face to the intelligence community as it continues to lick wounds from a culture of leaking.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/...sange-wikileaks-offers-extradition-to-us.html Asked at the news conference why he is willing to go to the United States where there is no public extradition order and not willing to go to Sweden, Mr. Assange said that American and British officials refused to tell his lawyers whether there was a sealed indictment or a sealed extradition order against him. “In the U.S. that’s exactly the problem,” he said. “Is there an extradition order? Is there a charge? The U.S. Justice Department operates exactly as if there is a sealed indictment,” he said. “The British government refuses to confirm or deny if there is an extradition order.” Mr. Assange said that either there was “a deliberate attempt by the U.S. Justice Department to keep me and WikiLeaks in a state of uncertainty, abusing the process,” or, he said, “there is a sealed indictment.” “I’ve always been willing to go to the United States provided my rights are respected, because this is a case that should never have occurred,” Mr. Assange said, adding that he was confident of winning any case brought against him. The F.B.I. continues to investigate the Manning leaks. Any decision on whether to charge or to extradite Mr. Assange will now fall to the administration of Donald J. Trump.
Why would Trump do that? It would prove Russia fucked with our election and bring the legitimacy of Trumps presidency into question.
Assange firmly denies the Russians had anything to do with the emails he published. He's never been a liar about anything.
There are a couple of women in Sweden who disagree with you. Not saying they are right, I don't know. But then, neither do you. barfo
