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Re:Assange offered pardon if he co-operated over email leak,... by ccaleb on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @05:46PM (#22370920)
Here's a quote from Rohrabacher after visiting Assange in 2017: “When speaking with Julian Assange, I told him that if he could provide me information and evidence about who actually gave him the DNC emails, I would then call on President Trump to pardon him"

Is it really that hard to believe?

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Re:Assange offered pardon if he co-operated over email leak,... by m0zg on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @05:57PM (#22371008)
That's not what's being "reported" though. What's being reported is that "Trump promised a pardon if Assange says it's not from Russia". Notice how Russia or promise of a pardon does not come up in your Rohrabacher quote (which, BTW, I'd need to verify as well before I believe it). It's like I said "I'll call on Jeff Bezos to give you a million dollars if you vote in this election", without even specifying who I want you to vote for.
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Re:Assange offered pardon if he co-operated over email leak,... by Bendingo on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @10:17PM (#22372408)
Good point.

Somehow;

"tell us who did this" is being reported as;

"tell us the Russians did this"

This is why the old-media cannot be trusted.

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Re:Assange offered pardon if he co-operated over email leak,... by workaccountone on Thursday February 20, 2020 @10:07AM (#22375537)
The article quotes Rohrabacher like I did. You're right it does not say "tell us the Russians did this". It's Assange's lawyer who's filling that part in.
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Re:Assange offered pardon if he co-operated over email leak,... by m0zg on Thursday February 20, 2020 @12:17PM (#22376634)
As well as other parts. No promise was made, and no specific answer was requested. That "lawyer" (assuming they even said what's being "reported") is working for the DNC, which is trying really hard to get ahead of some extremely damaging revelation (such as, for example, that someone at the DNC leaked the info, which would completely demolish what remains of the "Russian collusion" narrative they rode on for 3 years).

It makes zero sense otherwise for that lawyer to jeopardize Assange's "guaranteed" pardon.

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