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Reps McGovern, Massie urge Biden to pardon Julian Assange to ‘send a clear message’ on press freedom

  • Representatives McGovern and Massie urged President Biden to pardon Julian Assange, stating it would signal that the government will not prosecute journalists for doing their jobs.
  • The lawmakers expressed appreciation for the administration’s facilitation of a resolution to Assange’s criminal case and withdrawal of the extradition request.
  • They noted that a pardon would prevent a harmful precedent and reinforce protections for journalists and media outlets.
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2 Lawmakers Push Biden to Pardon Assange

President Biden has received a bipartisan plea from two House members to pardon Julian Assange as a signal that the government will not prosecute journalists "simply for doing their jobs." Reps. James McGovern, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, wrote to the president earlier this month, the...

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Republican Rep. Massie and Democrat Rep. McGovern Write Joint Letter to Biden Asking Him to Pardon Julian Assange

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie and Democrat House Rules Committee ranking member Jim McGovern have sent a joint letter to Joe Biden asking him to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Assange was freed after reaching a plea deal with the United States Justice Department. He had been imprisoned in the UK’s Belmarsh prison for five years after spending seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy with questionable protection of political asylum. Both c…

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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie and Democrat Jim McGovern Ask Biden To Pardon Julian Assange

AP Photo/Pascal Bastien Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and House Rules Committee ranking member Jim McGovern (D-MA) wrote to President Joe Biden this month to request that he pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. In their letter, which was posted by WikiLeaks on Wednesday, Massie and McGovern opened, “We write, first, to express our appreciation for your administration’s decision last spring to facilitate a resolution of the criminal case against …

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GOP, Democrat Representatives Pen Letter Urging Pardon For Julian Assange

Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and James McGovern (D-MA) wrote a letter urging Joe Biden to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The U.S. lawmakers are “deeply concerned” that Assange’s plea agreement sets a dangerous precedent for prosecuting journalists and whistleblowers under the Espionage Act. “Put simply, there is a long-standing and well-grounded concern that section 793 [of the Espionage Act], which criminalizes the obtaining, retaining,…

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Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and James McGovern (D-MA) wrote a letter urging Joe Biden to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. […]

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Reps McGovern, Massie urge Biden to pardon Julian Assange to ‘send a clear message’ on press freedom

close Video Julian Assange’s wife says U.S. extradition case is an ‘attack on truth’ Julian Assange’s wife, Stella, said the prosecution of her husband is an “attack on truth.” (via Reuters) U.S. Reps. James McGovern, D-Mass., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., wrote a letter to President Biden calling on him to pardon WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to “send a clear message” that his administration will not target journalistic activity. Assange…

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