Trump reveals why he didn’t pardon Edward Snowden or Julian Assange

Trump reveals why he didn’t pardon Edward Snowden or Julian AssangeShow more

During an interview with Candace Owens, Trump was asked why he failed to pardon the WikiLeaks co-founder and NSA whistleblower, which activists pushed for in the final months of his presidency. 

“You have two sides of it,” Trump said. He described their situations as a “sort of a spy deal going on” with people “exposing real corruption,” but without indicating which description applied to whom, concluding he felt “a little bit more strongly about one than the other.”

Media reports earlier this year indicated Trump had been convinced an Assange or a Snowden pardon would upset Senate Republicans, who were gearing up to vote in his impeachment trial at the time.

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