Julian Assange court appearance today- His lawyer mentioned a statement, that alleges former US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher visited Assange, saying he was there on behalf of the President, offering a pardon if JA would say Russia had nothing to do with DNC leaks. @SBSNews— Ben Lewis (@benlewismedia) February 19, 2020
It’s like Watergate but a hundred times worse and with morons https://t.co/jKhUkbHLHl— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 19, 2020
So if this is true, the incentive may have been to cooperate w/extradition process &US trial (where Assange would testify to Russians not being involved) in exchange for pardon at the end. Again if true, could be a bluff by US and/or Assange trying to blow up extradition process.— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) February 19, 2020
There has been talk of both Roger Stone and former Rep. Dana Rohrabacher trying to broker a pardon for Assange.— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) February 19, 2020
This description seems to match reported effort by Rohrabacher: https://t.co/5H3Cwj33DIhttps://t.co/PM0De6U5LR
Lawyer's don't usually make claims in court they can't prove. Will be interesting to see if there is proof of these serious allegations Rohrabacher was the WH's messenger, offering a pardon in exchange for silence on Russia's hack of our election. https://t.co/le4O45Q1SM— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) February 19, 2020
Assange’s lawyers told the court considering his extradition that Congressman Dana Rohrabacher carried a message from President Trump directly to the Wikileaks founder. Did this happen during the Mueller investigation? https://t.co/gOJ7p38MpZ— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) February 19, 2020
Quid, meet Quo. Again. https://t.co/hWBLch4mSq— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) February 19, 2020
Trump's efforts to expunge and/ or rewrite history are an ongoing criminal project, now that he's feeling like a virtual king and (today's ironic howler) the country's "chief law enforcement officer". With the assistance of his attorney, William "Low" Barr, he's actively pursuing an alternative narrative to the facts concerning Russian efforts to install him in office that the U.S. intelligence community concluded. He's willing to throw around pardons, bully prosecutors, anything that will allow him to have things go his way. It's going to continue, so be prepared and push back.
BONUS: Former Congressman Rohrabacher is infamous for his service to Mother Russia. House Rethuglican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy once said "there are two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump."
