1. About Trump's pardon offer to Assange...
Recent coverage spins previous reports from Assange's=WikiLeak's own lawyers. Now WikiLeaks is trying to make it sound like Trump asked Assange to reveal the sources for the DNC leaks, and that he refused. That's a new spun version.
2. Here's an example:
3. The facts are that Assange did claim that (1) Seth Rich leaked the documents, and he also claimed that (2) Russia was not involved in any way. Both claims were proven false. Seth Rich was already dead when Assange was communicating with Russian intelligence.
4. Assange lied and tried to frame Seth Rich, an innocent, dead, man. That's beyond despicable. That Seth Rich conspiracy theory has been thoroughly debunked. But why did Assange do that? Likely to provide a cover story for Russian intelligence, the real culprit.
5. Keep in mind that the original and fresh version in court from Assange's lawyers was that the pardon offer was contingent on Assange denying Russian involvement, which also backed Trump's false claims that the Russians did not interfere in the elections to help him win.
6. Here are some sources:
cnbc.com/2020/02/19/tru…
8. New version is spin. Trump offered the pardon in exchange for Assange denying that Russian intelligence was the source. Assange obeyed, thus making him an accomplice in the Trump/Putin cover-up of Russian interference in the elections. Trump and Assange are enemies of America.
11. “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” Kevin McCarthy said. Paul Ryan immediately "swore the Republicans present to secrecy."
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