The Daily Beast published a bombshell report on Wednesday outlining a pardon Donald Trump allegedly offered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in exchange for testimony saying that “Russia had nothing to do with the DNC leaks.” Assange’s attorney Edward Fitzgerald told a London court today that former Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) — a very Russia-friendly kind of guy — had passed along the offer of the pardon.
The message Rohrabacher carried regarding a pardon to Assange was reportedly from Trump. The Wall Street Journal reported in 2017 that Rohrabacher attempted to broker a deal for a pardon or clemency between the Trump White House and Julian Assange.
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham blamed the DNC, according to CNN’s Jim Acosta, and claimed that Trump “barely knows” Rohrabacher.
“The President barely knows Dana Rohrabacher other than he’s an ex-congressman,” she said. “He’s never spoken to him on this subject or almost any subject. It is a complete fabrication and a total lie. This is probably another never-ending hoax and total lie from the DNC.”
Grisham on Assange: “The President barely knows Dana Rohrabacher other than he’s an ex-congressman. He’s never spoken to him on this subject or almost any subject. It is a complete fabrication and a total lie. This is probably another never ending hoax and total lie from the DNC”
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 19, 2020
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Trump’s old tweet didn’t age well.
So President Trump endorses people he barely knows? https://t.co/kzVK2XVH3h
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) February 19, 2020
It’s almost as if this Trump guy isn’t on the up and up:
https://t.co/QhFmycojL8 pic.twitter.com/q2Tuhhb4Q0
— CountryOverConman (@TrumpNewsPolls) February 19, 2020
so obviously Trump is best friends with Rohrabacher. Also, this: pic.twitter.com/3KL4hCTqtq
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) February 19, 2020
Reminder: Trump met Rohrabacher at the WH in April 2017, so he did have contact with Trump before the Assange meeting: https://t.co/SE6GygyJYN
— twpolk (@twpolk) February 19, 2020
How did Donald Trump become president when he doesn’t know anybody?
— Gerry Levine (@gerrylev) February 19, 2020
Also, remember: Rep. Rohrabacher talks to Trump about cabinet rolehttps://t.co/3WYzhW3E4I
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) February 19, 2020
“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump.” — Minority @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy
— kevin (@KevINthe406) February 19, 2020
Trump tells lies that are easily disprovable. At some point, even his cult-like following will have to see through his schtick.
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