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Doth 2 points ago +2 / -0

Nah, so I admit I am more than just a little bit tipsy right now, but I'm slowing down to fix my typos so give me some patience.

I am just looking for anyone that understands any real consequences or costs incurred by delivering this pardon. I want to see Assange pardoned, and personally think he should have been pardoned in 2017. But he wasn't, and there's probably a reason for that. So the info I'm seeking would, in theory, go to that explanation.

One guy gave a pretty good response explaining how the leftists thinking Biden has won would not have a good reason to attack Trump for pardoning Assange, since they already "avenged" Hillary by voting him out.

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RussianAgent13 1 point ago +1 / -0

Thanks. I'm not a political wonk and don't pretend to be so some of those possibilities don't even occur to me. My personal opinion (based on a leftist blog post so might be bullshit) was that Trump has been strongly pressuring Assange to make a deal for information on Seth Rich.

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Doth 1 point ago +1 / -0

And Julian would resist that because Wikileaks does not give up its sources, even if they are dead men. It's also possible Aaron Rich was one of his sources, too.