Assange meets U.S. congressman, vows to prove Russia did not leak him documents
Source: The Hill
BY JOHN SOLOMON - 08/16/17 08:37 PM EDT
Julian Assange told a U.S. congressman on Tuesday he can prove the leaked Democratic Party documents he published during last years election did not come from Russia and promised additional helpful information about the leaks in the near future.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican who is friendly to Russia and chairs an important House subcommittee on Eurasia policy, became the first American congressman to meet with Assange during a three-hour private gathering at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where the WikiLeaks founder has been holed up for years,
Rohrabacher recounted his conversation with Assange to The Hill.
Our three-hour meeting covered a wide array of issues, including the WikiLeaks exposure of the DNC emails during last year's presidential election, Rohrabacher said, Julian emphatically stated that the Russians were not involved in the hacking or disclosure of those emails. Pressed for more detail on the source of the documents, Rohrabacher said he had information to share privately with President Donald Trump.
Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/346904-assange-meets-us-congressman-vows-to-prove-russia-did-not-leak-him
TexasTowelie
(112,632 posts)Both men have a vested interest in deflecting blame from Russia.
Louis1895
(768 posts)This is part of an FBI investigation. Why is an American Congressman meddling in this affair?
Botany
(70,635 posts)If they told me it was cold and dark @ midnight on 12/25 in Cleveland, OH I would not
believe them. Both of them are on Putin's payroll.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)for dereliction of duty and consorting with an enemy against the United States.
Botany
(70,635 posts)Theres two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump, McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) immediately interjected, stopping the conversation from further exploring McCarthys assertion, and swore the Republicans present to secrecy.
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Ryan instructed his Republican lieutenants to keep the conversation private, saying: No leaks. .?.?. This is how we know were a real family here.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html?utm_term=.a1c7225fefa4
BumRushDaShow
(129,913 posts)grantcart
(53,061 posts)nocalflea
(1,387 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)If you read the whole document, Mueller delivered a sample of Uranium to Russia for forensic tests. The US had confiscated the Uranium from an arms-trader from Eastern Europe.
VaBchTgerLily
(231 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)someone from the press asked why they were there?
FSogol
(45,580 posts)He'll be the first US Congressman to defect to Russia.
Jim Dandy
(358 posts)Just another more patriotic than thou Republican hypocrite.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/putin-congress-rohrabacher-trump-231775
riversedge
(70,438 posts)get him to testify--in public!
Docreed2003
(16,898 posts)And we're supposed to believe that "there's no evidence of a Russian hack"?? Riiiiight...ok buddy. Hope those rubles help you sleep at night!
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,227 posts)Great minds and all.....
Docreed2003
(16,898 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,227 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,248 posts)Paid Putin Operative Meets With Assange to Cover Kremlin/Trump Tracks After Stolen Election
cannabis_flower
(3,769 posts)Assange didn't get it from Russia, how would Assange know where his source get it from. It still likely came from Russia.