After proclaiming a victory that shocked many across the world, President-elect Donald Trump is being called upon by several people on social media to grant pardon to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange considering the latter’s role in releasing controversial emails linked to Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Assange has been seeking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012. The editor-in-chief of the whistleblower organization is being investigated in the Chelsea Manning case and U.S. authorities have requested for his extradition. He is also facing an arrest warrant over allegations of rape in Sweden and avoiding extradition from a European Arrest Warrant.
During the run-up to the 2016 presidential elections, WikiLeaks released thousands of emails from Clinton's private server, the Democratic National Committee and Clinton’s campaign manager John Podesta, inflicting a severe blow on her candidacy. Many are going to the extent of attributing Trump’s win to the loss of faith in Clinton created by the email dump.
Trump owes his office to Wikileaks, it will be interesting to see what he does about Assange. A little quid pro quo?? Or was there no deal? twitter.com/wikileaks/stat…
All I can say is that if I were President, Snowden would have already been returned to the U.S. (by their fastest jet) and with an apology!
.@realDonaldTrump PLEASE pardon @xychelsea, @Snowden, & call off extradition of @WikiLeaks' Assange. They are patriots keeping govt honest
FREE JULIAN ASSANGE: It is time to bring him home. #auspol #PardonJulian #FreeAssange #Wikileaks #whistleblower #Hero #PHON #PaulineHanson
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