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Julian Assange claims Trump offered pardon if he denied Russian involvement in DNC hack

by Spencer Neale
| February 19, 2020 01:02 PM

Facing a potential prison sentence of 175 years, one of the highest-profile players in the 2016 presidential election claimed he received an enticing offer from then-candidate Donald Trump by way of a California congressman.

Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a London court on Wednesday that President Trump tendered a pardon deal for Assange contingent on him denying Russia stole emails from the Democratic National Committee which were leaked by his organization ahead of the presidential election. Some of the emails showed DNC research director Lauren Dillon talking with CNN's Wolf Blitzer about crafting questions for Trump ahead of an upcoming interview.
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