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For context, the guy offering this deal (US Rep. Dana Rohrabacher) was the most Russia-friendly member of congress: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/us/politics/dana-rohrabac...

It can be assumed that he wasn't making this deal in order to implicate Russian hackers (and Assange would likely have known that).

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> “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” [House Majority Leader Kevin] McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house...

Wow, downvotes for quoting a statement which is not only relevant, but also recorded.

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