Dana Rohrabacher

Fake News: Media Push False Claim Trump Offered Julian Assange a Pardon Quid-Pro-Quo

Former California Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher has denied that he acted on orders from President Donald Trump to offer Julian Assange a deal for a pardon, saying that he never spoke to the president about the offer. The Washington Post, Associated Press, Reuters, and other mainstream outlets all ran sensational headlines claiming Trump was directly involved, despite some of the reports acknowledging Rohrabacher’s denial.

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Donald Trump Tweets Support for Dana Rohrabacher

President Donald Trump tweeted his support for veteran Republican congressman Dana Rohrabacher on Monday morning, offering his endorsement to an incumbent who has the edge in a seat Democrats have spent millions trying to flip.

Dana Rohrabacher (Blair Raughley/Invision for D'Souza Films/AP Images)

Dana Rohrabacher’s Opponents Attack Him over Russia Policy

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), who is in a tough re-election fight for his Orange County congressional seat, is facing criticism from his Democratic opponent for defending President Donald Trump’s diplomatic efforts with Russia, and for calling the indictment of an accused Russian spy with whom he met in St. Petersburg in 2015 “bogus.”

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