Former President Trump already faces multiple legal battles. Julian Assange's extradition only makes his troubles worse, FrankFigliuzzi1 writes.
him that more releases of damaging information would be coming. If Stone, or those around him, were in criminal communication with WikiLeaks, Assange would know. He also knows how much he told Trump confidants about where he was getting the hacked DNC emails from — that is, the GRU. And Assange could say if any Trump operative told him that Trump knew of the Russian connection.
As for obstruction, the second focus of the Mueller team, Assange can help there as well. During his last news conference before the 2016 election, in response to a question about the DNC hack, Trump infamously said, “— I hope you are able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. Let’s see if that happens.” Trump says he was kidding, but the Russian intelligence service took him seriously.
Assange may be able to help the U.S. government in exchange for more lenient charges or a plea deal. Prosecutions can make for strange bedfellows. A trade that offers a deal to a thief who steals data, in return for him flipping on someone who tried to steal democracy sounds like a deal worth doing.is an MSNBC columnist and a national security contributor for NBC News and MSNBC.
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