Trump offered to pardon Assange if he covered up Russian interference in US election, court told

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Donald Trump offered to pardon Julian Assange if he covered up Russia's inteference in the 2016 US election, a court has heard. The explosive claim emerged as Assange, 48, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court ahead of an extradition hearing next week. His barrister Edward Fitzgerald QC highlighted evidence alleging former US Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher had been to see Assange, while he was still in the Ecuadorian embassy in August 2017. Download the new Independent Premium app...

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