It has been nearly a year since Robert Mueller’s ‘Russiagate’ investigation was dropped due to a lack of evidence. This has not stopped many MSM publications pushing the ‘Donald Trump-Russia collusion’ as established fact, twisting words to make it seem that way. One example of this was the publication on Wednesday evening of the announcement from Julian Assange’s lawyers which alleged that Donald Trump offered the WikiLeaks founder a pardon if he “denied Russia link to hack” of the Democrats in 2016 (Guardian) or “cover up the involvement of Russia in hacking” the DNC (The Daily Beast).
Both publications base their work on a statement given at Westminster Magistrates Court. Mr Assange’s barrister Edward Fitzgerald presented a statement from another attorney, Jennifer Robinson, about US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher “going to see Mr. Assange and saying, on instructions from the president, he was offering a pardon or some other way out, if Mr. Assange… said Russia had nothing to do with the DNC leaks.” This is an accurate quote however both publications jumped to the exact same conclusion, that the statement is proof that Trump sought to “deny” or “cover-up” what they treat as the established fact.
The ‘Russian hack’ has only been alleged by Mueller’s prosecutors and the US intelligence community. Mr Rohrabacher did visit Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London although he said it was Assange who showed him “definitive proof that Russia was not the source” for the DNC emails. Mr Assange has always said no state actor was involved in furnishing documents to WikiLeaks. The MSM has spent the past three years screeching about Trump’s ‘collusion’ with Russia and are now twisting the words of Assange’s lawyers to retroactively validate their fake news and in the process see the WikiLeaks journalist imprisoned forever.
Current Affairs Correspondent | My name is Oliver Down I am 22, and a staunch brexiteer. I am a Bristolian lad who studied politics in Leicester. I believe in free speech and accurate journalism and I won’t be afraid to give you “the other side” of the story!
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