Trump offered Assange a pardon

Julian Assange cannot be extradited from the UK for ‘political offences’ his lawyer claimed today (Weds) The 48-year-old is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to expose military secrets between January and May 2010. A US grand jury has indicted him on 18 charges – 17 of which fall under the Espionage Act – including conspiracy to receive, obtain and disclose classified diplomatic and military documents. White-haired and bespectacled Assange appeared via video-link…