Julian Assange's lawyers claimed he was offered a Presidential Pardon from the US if he helped "resolve" the DNC hack

[Sludge]

I kinda figured.

Assange extradition hearing begins in London

He should hope for extradition now, not later, so he can be pardoned. [Watch Trump praise WikiLeaks]

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@Brainspore

We can clearly infer that Assange wasn’t interested in holding Trump or his administration to account for their actions, because Wikileaks has been one of the only journalistic* organizations on Earth that HASN’T unearthed anything on Trump over the past four years.

Also because he helped Trump win to get back at Hillary for opposing whistleblower protections for leakers.