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So the offer was made in 2017, meaning after the election, I guess under the probe in to Russian meddling. It's really confusing then: If he know that he did n

So the offer was made in 2017, meaning after the election, I guess under the probe in to Russian meddling. It's really confusing then: If he know that he did not use Russia, acquiring that knowledge wouldn't help much since the next election is in 3 years, so it can't be used as a leverage, unless he wanted the information as an insurance to the probe being biased by DNC influence. If he did, why would he want to know the source? The only thing he would want to know if Assange have been contacted by democrat, or if that information were available to begin with. Sure is a news that asks more question than it answers, and why was it even mentioned in a court in London?

awinder 6y ago
Assange is currently under extradition trial in London, so this is probably being mentioned to make the case that the extradition request is political in nature as opposed to actual legal interest (no personal take on validity/chances of success, that just seems like the play). I'm not sure about the reasoning for why one would do this, but it's the same person that took a gamble to get dirt on Biden and got impeached over it, so probably shouldn't approach it from a place of pure rationality. It's terrifying that Rohrabacher was a part of this though, and really skews my personal take that nothing about this was above board.
dguaraglia 6y ago
I think it’s the opposite: what they wanted was for Assange to claim that Seth Rich had stolen the data, not so much to confirm DNC influence on the probe but because it’d fuel a whole nightmare scenario of conspiracy theorizing. If I’m reading this correctly, they were literally trying to create a disinformation campaign to demonize their opponents, which is very much in line with all these Republican operatives flying to Ukraine trying to get some dirt on Biden.

awinder 6y ago

Assange is currently under extradition trial in London, so this is probably being mentioned to make the case that the extradition request is political in nature as opposed to actual legal interest (no personal take on validity/chances of success, that just seems like the play). I'm not sure about the reasoning for why one would do this, but it's the same person that took a gamble to get dirt on Biden and got impeached over it, so probably shouldn't approach it from a place of pure rationality. It's terrifying that Rohrabacher was a part of this though, and really skews my personal take that nothing about this was above board.

dguaraglia 6y ago

I think it’s the opposite: what they wanted was for Assange to claim that Seth Rich had stolen the data, not so much to confirm DNC influence on the probe but because it’d fuel a whole nightmare scenario of conspiracy theorizing. If I’m reading this correctly, they were literally trying to create a disinformation campaign to demonize their opponents, which is very much in line with all these Republican operatives flying to Ukraine trying to get some dirt on Biden.