Assange offered ‘ deal’ by Trump

Wikileaks f ounder Julian Assange was offered a “winwin” deal by US president Donald Trump to avoid extradition by revealing the source of the hacking of Democratic party emails, a court has heard.

Barrister Jennifer Robinson said she was asked t o attend the meeting by her client Assange, with Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and Trump associate Charles Johnson at the Ecuadorian embassy i n August 2017. She said the pair “wanted us to believe they were acting on behalf of the president”.