LONDON – A lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has told a London court that her client was indirectly offered a “win-win” deal by President Donald Trump that would see him avoid extradition to the U.S.
if he revealed the source of a leak of documents from the Democratic Party before the 2016 election.Assange, who didn't reveal the source of the leak of the Democratic National Committee emails, is fighting efforts by the U.S.
to extradite him to face an array of charges related to his work at WikiLeaks. Jennifer Robinson, who has represented WikiLeaks for a decade, relayed to the court Friday via a written statement that her client had been made an offer at a meeting on Aug.