{"id":2254036,"date":"2024-05-27T23:50:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T03:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-seriously-considering-pardoning-julian-assange\/"},"modified":"2024-05-27T23:51:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T03:51:20","slug":"trump-seriously-considering-pardoning-julian-assange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-seriously-considering-pardoning-julian-assange\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump contemplates granting pardon to Julian Assange"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Ftrump-seriously-considering-pardoning-julian-assange%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=2254036&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>Ex-President Donald Trump has hinted at possibly granting a pardon to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, during a TimcastIRL\u2063 podcast. This statement came ahead of Trump&#8217;s speech at a Libertarian convention. While \u200cno\u2062 direct confirmation was provided, Trump emphasized he\u2063 was giving the \u200cmatter &#8220;very serious consideration&#8221;.\u200c Recently, Assange gained the right to contest his extradition to the U.S. where he has faced charges \u2063since 2019.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> suggested he would pardon<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/julian-assange\/\"> Julian Assange<\/a>, the activist behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wikileaks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Wikileaks<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>When asked on the podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?si=oI0BPnlyt2HcVs0i&#038;v=dHrGC_-vCWA&#038;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>TimcastIRL<\/a> before Trump\u2019s speech at the Libertarian convention Saturday if he would pardon Assange if he won a second term in the Oval Office, Trump said the decision was in \u201cvery serious consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to give it very serious consideration, and we\u2019re going to have a couple of other things to say in the speech that I think you\u2019re going to love,\u201d Trump said in an answer that did not confirm one way or another if he would pardon Assange. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, Assange was granted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3010075\/julian-assange-granted-right-appeal-extradition-to-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>right to challenge<\/a> his extradition to the U.S. The U.S. has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2019\/jun\/13\/julian-assange-sajid-javid-signs-us-extradition-order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>been trying<\/a> to extradite him to be charged on U.S. soil since 2019. In the U.S., he is facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/01\/04\/uk\/julian-assange-extradition-wikileaks-us-gbr-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>charges<\/a> under the Espionage Act of 1917 for his role in publishing classified military and diplomatic cables and is alleged to have conspired with hackers.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> has also floated the idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2960833\/biden-considering-ending-prosecution-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>ending the U.S. case<\/a> against Assange, answering \u201cwe\u2019re considering it,\u201d when asked about a request by Australia\u2019s government to pursuing the case as Assange is Australian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">pledged<\/a> Saturday to use his clemency powers to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-pardon-jan-6-capitol-rioters-rcna149900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> pardon<\/a> rioters who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as one of his first acts as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president<\/a>. But he also pledged to commute the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-marathon-bomber-files-lawsuit-over-alleged-unlawful-treatment-in-colorado-prison\/\" title=\"Boston Marathon bomber files lawsuit over alleged \u2018unlawful\u2019 treatment in Colorado prison\">life sentence<\/a> of \u201cSilk Road\u201d website\u00a0creator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3017931\/ross-ulbricht-prison-inmate-key-trump-libertarian-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ross Ulbrich\">Ross Ulbrich<\/a> during his speech. <\/p>\n<p>Ulbrich is currently serving a federal prison sentence for creating, owning, and operating the darknet market website Silk Road from 2011 to 2013. U.S. law enforcement has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/news\/releases\/ross-ulbricht-aka-dread-pirate-roberts-sentenced-life-federal-prison-creating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>described<\/a> Silk Road as \u201ca sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace\u201d and \u201csprawling black-market bazaar\u201d where more than 100,000 users were able to buy illegal services.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent TimcastIRL podcast, Donald Trump hinted at the possibility of pardoning Julian Assange, the man behind Wikileaks, should he win a second presidential term. The ex-president stated he was &#8220;seriously considering&#8221; the decision, sparking speculation ahead of his address at the upcoming Libertarian convention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2254037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/julian-asanage-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/julian-asanage-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2254037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}