{"id":1141120,"date":"2021-12-22T08:58:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T13:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141120"},"modified":"2021-12-22T08:58:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T13:58:20","slug":"i-was-very-close-to-going-the-other-way-candace-asks-trump-why-he-didnt-pardon-assange-snowden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-was-very-close-to-going-the-other-way-candace-asks-trump-why-he-didnt-pardon-assange-snowden\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Was Very Close To Going The Other Way\u2019: Candace Asks Trump Why He Didn\u2019t Pardon Assange, Snowden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-was-very-close-to-going-the-other-way-candace-asks-trump-why-he-didnt-pardon-assange-snowden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141120&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump told Candace Owens in an exclusive interview for The Daily Wire\u2019s \u201cCandace\u201d that he was \u201cvery close to going the other way\u201d on issuing a pardon for either Julian Assange or Edward Snowden.<\/p>\n<p>Owens asked the former president about pardons for Assange or Snowden, amongst a host of other questions, during an in-depth conversation, airing December 21 on Daily Wire, exclusively for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">Daily Wire members<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could have had a chance to pardon these individuals,\u201d Owens said of Assange and Snowden. \u201cWhy decide not to in that moment?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have two sides of it,\u201d Trump explained. \u201cIn one case, you have sort of a spy deal going on, and in another case, you have somebody that\u2019s exposing real corruption. I feel a little bit \u2014 I won\u2019t say which one \u2014 but I feel a little bit more strongly about one than the other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could have done it, but \u2014 I will say, you have people on both sides of that issue \u2014 good people on both sides. And you have bad people on one side. But I decided to let that one ride, let the courts work it out. And I guess the courts are actually doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was some spying things, and there was some bad things released that really set us back and really hurt us with what they did,\u201d Trump continued, seemingly speaking of Assange. \u201cBut at the same time, in many cases, what they did \u2014 these were the same people that came after me so viciously and dishonestly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could have gone \u2014 I was very close to going the other way,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-3366\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1640119098591000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2tzW55AAjgeoJNdvHYgwte\">Become a Daily Wire member<\/a>&nbsp;to watch the full conversation between Owens and President Trump, as well as stream dozens of other full episodes of Candace.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=EO1Leuuk82c&#038;feature=oembed\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=EO1Leuuk82c&amp;feature=oembed<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump told Candace Owens in an exclusive interview for The Daily Wire\u2019s \u201cCandace\u201d that he was \u201cvery close to going the other way\u201d on issuing a pardon for either Julian Assange or Edward Snowden.Owens asked the former president about pardons for Assange or Snowden, amongst a host of other questions, during an in-depth conversation, airing December 21 on Daily Wire, exclusively for Daily Wire members.\u201cYou could have had a chance to pardon these individuals,\u201d Owens said of Assange and Snowden. \u201cWhy decide not to in that moment?\u201d\u201cYou have two sides of it,\u201d Trump explained. \u201cIn one case, you have sort of a spy deal going on, and in another case, you have somebody that\u2019s exposing real corruption. I feel a little bit \u2014 I won\u2019t say which one \u2014 but I feel a little bit more strongly about one than the other.\u201d\u201cI could have done it, but \u2014 I will say, you have people on both sides of that issue \u2014 good people on both sides. And you have bad people on one side. But I decided to let that one ride, let the courts work it out. And I guess the courts are actually doing that.\u201d\u201cThere was some spying things, and there was some bad things released that really set us back and really hurt us with what they did,\u201d Trump continued, seemingly speaking of Assange. \u201cBut at the same time, in many cases, what they did \u2014 these were the same people that came after me so viciously and dishonestly.\u201d\u201cI could have gone \u2014 I was very close to going the other way,\u201d Trump added.Become a Daily Wire member\u00a0to watch the full conversation between Owens and President Trump, as well as stream dozens of other full episodes of Candace.WATCH:[embedded content]The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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