Edward Snowden, through Twitter, asked US President Donald Trump to pardon the founder of Wikileaks, julian Assange.
"Mr President, if you want to grant only one favor during your term of office, please release Julian Assange. "Only you can save his life," Snowden said.
Mr. President, if you grant only one act of clemency during your time in office, please: free Julian Assange. You alone can save his life. @realDonaldTrump
- Edward Snowden (@Snowden) December 3, 2020
WikiLeaks founder Assange is being held in London. He was arrested in April 2019 for violating the terms of his pretrial release in a case of 2012 in the UK.
At the time, Assange sought political asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he lived until his arrest in 2019 when the Ecuadorian government stopped supporting the founder of WikiLeaks.
US authorities accuse Assange of conspiracy, and leakage διαβαθμισμένων εγγράφων στις ΗΠΑ. Το κατηγορητήριο ενημερώθηκε ένα μήνα αργότερα για να προσθέτοντας κατηγορίες ότι ο Assange προσπάθησε να στρατολογήσει διάσημες ομάδες hacker (Anonymous and LulzSec) to steal sensitive files on his behalf for publication on WikiLeaks.
Assange has repeatedly threatened to commit suicide if extradited to the United States, threats his lawyers use as a central point of defense. That's why Snowden said Trump's favor would save Assange's life.
Last weekteam, Hawaii House Representative Tulsi Gabbard also called on Trump to pardon both Assange and Snowden. It remains to be seen what the President will do.