January 2020 file photo of Julian Assange.
Assange's lawyer says he was offered US pardon for denying Russia hacking
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A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said that a former US congressman offered him a pardon on behalf of US President Donald Trump, in exchange for denying Russian involvement in the Democratic National Committee email leak. The White House and the congressman have strongly denied Trump's involvement in the matter.
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