Former President Donald Trump suggested he would pardon Julian Assange, the activist behind Wikileaks.
before Trump’s 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 “very serious consideration.”
“We’re going to give it very serious consideration, and we’re going to have a couple of other things to say in the speech that I think you’re going to love,” Trump said in an answer that did not confirm one way or another if he would pardon Assange. under the Espionage Act of 1917 for his role in publishing classified military and diplomatic cables and is alleged to have conspired with hackers.
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 hasSilk Road as “a sophisticated and extensive criminal marketplace” and “sprawling black-market bazaar” where more than 100,000 users were able to buy illegal services.
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