@Wipqozn also got a feeling that if there was irrefutable evidence that Epstein's death was an assassination but by the GOP (because of evidence against Trump), they'll also have wave it because it's no longer about the Clintons/Dems
(FYI this is a normal-length article/interview, not your normal New Yorker novelette)
> She told me she believed that most other staffers on the coronavirus task force were genuinely motivated to help Americans weather the pandemic but that Trump blocked them from implementing the right policies. “Everything that you’re putting in place is derailed not just by a random person—it’s derailed by a No. 1. It’s derailed by the person at the very top,” she said.
Gotta carefully parse this one: both sets of attorneys acknowledge that US Rep Dana Rohrabacher made the offer to Assange; the dispute is whether this was a legitimate offer authorized by Trump
(although I have no doubt it was, nothing else would make sense)
Also, some articles make it sound like the offer was in exchange for Assange naming the (true) source of the emails, but that's not really accurate either; they wanted Assange to lie about the source to clear the Trump campaign
> Robinson said the two Americans claimed to be emissaries from Washington and “wanted us to believe they were acting on behalf of the president.” The pair allegedly told Assange that they could help grant him a pardon in exchange for him revealing information about the source of the WikiLeaks information that proved it was not the Russians who hacked Democratic emails.
> Rohrabacher, who was known as Putin’s favorite congressman, partially corroborated the claim back in February, saying at the time: “I spoke to Julian Assange and told him if he would provide evidence about who gave WikiLeaks the emails I would petition the president to give him a pardon... He knew I could get to the president.”
