Trump offered to pardon Assange: lawyer

Updated September 18 2020 - 11:11pm, first published 11:06pm
Julian Assange is fighting to stop being sent to the United States on hacking and espionage charges.
Julian Assange is fighting to stop being sent to the United States on hacking and espionage charges.

US President Donald Trump offered to pardon Julian Assange if the WikiLeaks founder provided the source for the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails before the 2016 US presidential election, a London court has heard.

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