No one cares if you plea after you flee. People who are innocent don't usually flee the country. Same with Snowden and Russia to anyone who isn't drinking woke kool-aid still.
Snowden was trapped in Russia after his passport was cancelled en route to Latin America. In any case the US government doesn't like whistleblowers so i don't understand the big deal with running away.
You might be the one drinking the kool-aid if you think either one of them will get a fair trial.
Sounds like an easy way to dismiss any amount of evidence they're guilty by appealing to grand conspiracy.
And all the evidence against the government that is practically ignored? The thing about being a whistleblower is that the act of doing what is your “job” is illegal. Yes, what Snowden did was illegal, but that’s beside the point. We shouldn’t sit down and let the government screw us with bad laws.