Julian Assange lawyer tells court: After pardon fell through, Trump administration resorted to 'exto

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Source: Raw Story

Published 1 min ago on February 24, 2020
By David Edwards

An attorney for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accused the Trump administration of extortion in a London court on Monday.

The WikiLeaks attorney appeared at Woolwich Crown Court along with U.S. prosecutors, who argued that Assange should be extradited the United States, where he faces 18 charges and up to 175 years in jail.

Attorneys for Assange previously told the court that former Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) tried to broker a pardon deal between the White House and Assange if he would agree to say that Russia was not the source of hacked Democratic Party emails.

Defense attorney Edwards Fitzgerald said on Monday that Rohrabacher had called the pardon offer a “win-win.”


Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/julian-assange-lawyer-tells-court-after-pardon-fell-through-trump-administration-resorted-to-extortion/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. (Ab)Use of government power for personal gain (re-election by quashing 2016 rumors). . . . nt

[turbinetree]

2. Yepper spot on....................

[pandr32]

3. Exactly

We have been bombarded with corruption from DT since Day1. So much that it isn't shocking anymore.

[FrodosNewPet]

4. IOKIYAR

Donald Trump could behead small children and drink their blood and that would be okay because he is Donald Trump and he is Republican. He needs his youth potion to give him maximum strength to keep America great.

[reACTIONary]

5. Another historic first for Drumph...

..... First "president" to be impeached twice.

[aggiesal]

6. Everything Pendejo45 touches ...

turns to $hit.

He has the reverse Midas touch.
Otherwise known as Sadim (Midas spelled backwards).

[Blue_Tires]

7. Now Julian is saying he called to warn Hillary

about the leak of unredacted documents back when she was SoS...

He's just throwing all kinds of shit up against the wall.