BOMBSHELL: Trump Offered Assange Pardon if He Covered Up Russian Hack, WikiLeaks Founder’s Lawyer Claims

So they basically tell Assange, look, we can pardon you, but only if you are willing to come forward with your non-Russian source (i.e. Seth Rich,) as you've been claiming all along.

The media"s response: Trump said he'd pardon Assange if he stated the Russians weren't involved (which of course we we know they were... Treason! Impeach!

What a bunch of crap.

So - just to confirm - Assange in January 2017 said to Hannity during a recorded interview "our source is not the Russian government and it is not a state party."

Yet Rohrabacher visits Julian Assange 8 months later, in August 2017 saying the President would pardon Assange in return for Mr Assange saying that Russia had nothing to do with the DNC leaks???

RRRRRIGHT.....

This makes zero sense and I'd give this story some time to finish coming out because there is an illogical spin on this......

Either Rohrabacher made the offer in 2016 or he didn't make this offer at all.

A lawyer for Julian Assange has claimed in court that President Trump offered to pardon Assange if the WikiLeaks founder agreed to help cover up Russia’s involvement in hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee.

Assange’s lawyers said on Wednesday that former Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher offered Assange the deal in 2017, a year after emails that damaged Hillary Clinton in the presidential race had been published. WikiLeaks posted the stolen DNC emails after they were hacked by Russian operatives.

The claim that Rohrabacher acted as an emissary for the White House came during a pre-extradition hearing in London.

Assange has argued that he should not be extradited to the U.S. because the American case against him is politically motivated. He spent almost seven years hiding in the Ecuadorian embassy in Central London claiming that he would be jailed in the U.S. if he wasn’t granted asylum. He was kicked out of the embassy last year.

His lawyers told the court that Trump’s alleged offer to pardon Assange proved that this was no ordinary criminal investigation.

Edward Fitzgerald, who was representing Assange in court, said he had evidence that a quid pro quo was put to Assange by Rohrabacher, who was known as Putin’s favorite congressman.

Fitzgerald said a statement produced by Assange’s personal lawyer, Jennifer Robinson, included a description of “Mr Rohrabacher going to see Mr Assange and saying, on instructions from the president, he was offering a pardon or some other way out, if Mr Assange... said Russia had nothing to do with the DNC leaks.”

District Judge Vanessa Baraitser, who is presiding over the pre-trial hearing in Westminster Magistrates’ Court, said the allegation would be admissible during Assange’s extradition hearing, which is due to begin next week.

So - just to confirm - Assange in January 2017 said to Hannity during a recorded interview "our source is not the Russian government and it is not a state party."

Yet Rohrabacher visits Julian Assange 8 months later, in August 2017 saying the President would pardon Assange in return for Mr Assange saying that Russia had nothing to do with the DNC leaks???

RRRRRIGHT.....

This makes zero sense and I'd give this story some time to finish coming out because there is an illogical spin on this......

Either Rohrabacher made the offer in 2016 or he didn't make this offer at all.

I'm calling BS. The reason Assange is in prison is because he's principled and insists on revealing the truth no matter what the cost. Assange has said from the beginning that it was not a Russian hack.

No way is Assange making backroom deals to participate in a cover up. That would be the opposite of everything he stands for and everything he has suffered for.

I hope the Daily Beast and all the rest of the propaganda outlets go completely tits up and none of them ever work again.

If the offer of a pardon was offered to Assange to remain silent regarding Russian hacking, obviously he did not accept it.

So we just automatically believe what Assange said regarding this, back in 2017?

You missed the point - why would Rohrabacher and Trump make an offer for Assange to say something he had already said over 8 months ago?

Daily Beast was simply the first to report what happened during a public pre-trial hearing today:

"Assange’s lawyers said on Wednesday that former Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher offered Assange the deal in 2017, a year after emails that damaged Hillary Clinton in the presidential race had been published. WikiLeaks posted the stolen DNC emails after they were hacked by Russian operatives."

Now this was stated by Assange's lawyers in court today with Assange present. They did not make this statement without Assange allowing it.

So how can you explain that? It's certainly not "fake news".

Why would Assange’s lawyers say today that former Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher offered Assange the deal in 2017, a year after emails that damaged Hillary Clinton in the presidential race had been published. WikiLeaks posted the stolen DNC emails after they were hacked by Russian operatives?

Now this was stated by Assange's lawyers in court today with Assange present. They did not make this statement without Assange allowing it. They plan to introduce evidence and a witness during their next court date on the 25th, and the judge has stated this will be admissible.

So how can you explain that?

February 25th should be interesting.

Daily Beast was simply the first to report what happened during a public pre-trial hearing today:

"Assange’s lawyers said on Wednesday that former Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher offered Assange the deal in 2017, a year after emails that damaged Hillary Clinton in the presidential race had been published. WikiLeaks posted the stolen DNC emails after they were hacked by Russian operatives."

Now this was stated by Assange's lawyers in court today with Assange present. They did not make this statement without Assange allowing it.

So how can you explain that? It's certainly not "fake news".

LOL I explain it the same way everything else they throw at Trump gets explained. They're out to get him any way they can.

Shut yer pie hole. More fake bull shit.

Daily Beast???? What a joke. They discredited themselves a long time ago. Anyone who depends on them for their information is pretty clueless.

Daily Beast was simply the first to report what happened during a public pre-trial hearing today:

"Assange’s lawyers said on Wednesday that former Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher offered Assange the deal in 2017, a year after emails that damaged Hillary Clinton in the presidential race had been published. WikiLeaks posted the stolen DNC emails after they were hacked by Russian operatives."

Now this was stated by Assange's lawyers in court today with Assange present. They did not make this statement without Assange allowing it.

So how can you explain that? It's certainly not "fake news".