<story><title>Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for DNC emails – lawyer</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/trump-offered-to-pardon-assange-if-he-provided-source-for-democratic-emails-lawyer-says-idUSKBN2691VW</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tootie</author><text>Both Muller report as well as the House and Senate investigations all concluded that Russia was the source. Assange&amp;#x27;s denials are about as credible as Roger Stone&amp;#x27;s denials.</text></item><item><author>dleslie</author><text>For those making quips about Russia: Assange has already claimed the source was _not_ Russia.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.foxnews.com&amp;#x2F;transcript&amp;#x2F;julian-assange-our-source-is-not-the-russian-government&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.foxnews.com&amp;#x2F;transcript&amp;#x2F;julian-assange-our-source...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit: oh wow, to -2 in less than 2 minutes.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a point of information, not an endorsement.&lt;p&gt;Double-edit: Ha, ok, colour me shocked. The discussion thread is excellent and I thank everyone involved for remaining civil.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>imphatic</author><text>This is what blows my mind.  For a group of people who supposedly rely on institutional knowledge about topics like science and tech, suddenly on this topic its one guys claim against literally dozens of institutions counter claims.</text></comment>
<story><title>Trump offered to pardon Assange if he provided source for DNC emails – lawyer</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-assange/trump-offered-to-pardon-assange-if-he-provided-source-for-democratic-emails-lawyer-says-idUSKBN2691VW</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tootie</author><text>Both Muller report as well as the House and Senate investigations all concluded that Russia was the source. Assange&amp;#x27;s denials are about as credible as Roger Stone&amp;#x27;s denials.</text></item><item><author>dleslie</author><text>For those making quips about Russia: Assange has already claimed the source was _not_ Russia.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.foxnews.com&amp;#x2F;transcript&amp;#x2F;julian-assange-our-source-is-not-the-russian-government&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.foxnews.com&amp;#x2F;transcript&amp;#x2F;julian-assange-our-source...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit: oh wow, to -2 in less than 2 minutes.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a point of information, not an endorsement.&lt;p&gt;Double-edit: Ha, ok, colour me shocked. The discussion thread is excellent and I thank everyone involved for remaining civil.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sschueller</author><text>Like the weapons on mass destruction in Iraq...&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t believe anything the state says and so far every leak Asange has provided has been proven to be true. At this time he has more credibility than the government.</text></comment>