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Timmy O'Toole82 said:

jonsmirl said:

It is long leap from Rohrabacher trying to make up some deal that neither side has agreed to, to a real offer from the White House. Offering a pardon doesn't even make sense, that would mean that Assange would have to come back, stand trial, be found guilty and be sentenced, then he could be pardoned. Assange has no intentions of voluntarily returning for trial. I'm just not believing this story.

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Litmus test here. Do you think that Trump pressured Zelenskey to open an investigation into his political rival? If so do you think that was wrong?

If both of those are yes I don't know how you cannot wrap your head around this being their next move...

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The problem with associating this to Trump.....and correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall (when this was all happening), that Trump ever said that Russia was not the one that hacked the DNC? Pretty sure he actually said something along the lines, "I wished Russia would released the emails," which to me sounds like he believed they did it.

Why would he say that, and on the other hand, seek to have Assange say the emails didn't come from Russia? Much less offer him a pardon for it. It just makes zero sense because I don't particularly see what gains he would get from this. And say what you will about Trump, he's mostly motivated by what benefits him.