[Massie] GOP congressman urges Trump to pardon NSA leaker Edward Snowden

[Brian4Liberty]

GOP congressman urges Trump to pardon NSA leaker Edward Snowden
By Andrew Blake - Friday, August 14, 2020

President Trump faced a fresh push Friday from within the Republican Party to pardon Edward J. Snowden, the former U.S. contractor who leaked secrets about government surveillance.

Rep. Thomas Massie, Kentucky Republican, urged Mr. Trump to intervene after a report indicated the president may consider the possibility of letting Mr. Snowden avoid prison.

Posting on Twitter, Mr. Massie tagged the accounts of both Mr. Trump and Mr. Snowden and encouraged the president to pardon the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor.

“Employees of the US government violated the Constitution and lied to Congress and the American people about it. @Snowden exposed them. This is bigger than him. If he’s punished for his service to the Constitution, there will be more violations of the Constitution, and more lies,” Mr. Massie, a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Science, said in a subsequent tweet explaining his reasoning.
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The New York Post reported Thursday that during a White House interview, Mr. Trump polled his aides about whether he should let Mr. Snowden return to the U.S without going to prison.

“There are a lot of people that think that he is not being treated fairly. I mean, I hear that,” Mr. Trump told The Post, the newspaper reported afterward.

“Many people are on his side, I will say that. I don’t know him, never met him. But many people are on his side,” Mr. Trump added, according to the newspaper. “I’ve heard it both ways. From traitor to he’s being you know persecuted. I’ve heard it both ways.”
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More: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/14/thomas-massie-urges-trump-to-pardon-nsa-leaker-edw/

 

[Working Poor]

well that is interesting

 

[Valli6]

If enough voices join in, we can make this a campaign issue. I think Trump would seriously consider a pardon if he believes it's what the people want. Really hoping this means we can expect similar clemency for Julian Assange!

 

[Anti Globalist]

Snowden getting pardoned and staying alive after returning to the US would somewhat restore my faith in humanity.

 

[Matt Collins]

Massie asks Trump to pardon Snowden

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/14/thomas-massie-urges-trump-to-pardon-nsa-leaker-edw/

 

[Anti Globalist]

I'd be so happy if Snowden were to get pardoned.

 

[Pauls' Revere]

 

[Ender]

Make it Snowden AND Julian!!!

 

[Mach]

Snowden would go for it even if they told him, turn yourself in and get 5 years.

 

[eleganz]

I hope Rand calls in his chips on the issue. Massie is not the right guy for this job.

Snowden doesn't even need a pardon, he consistently asks for a fair trial, and Trump should order Barr to give him one.

 

[Matt Collins]

Make it Snowden AND Julian!!!

Julian wasn't even under US jurisdiction. His arrest and charge are completely illegal.

 

[Anti Globalist]

Make it Snowden AND Julian!!!

Julian can't even get pardoned since he's not a US citizen.

 

[vita3]

Snowden should have position inside Trump security admin

So intelligent & honorable imo

 

[Matt Collins]

The fact that Trump is now talking about a potential pardon for Edward Snowden makes me think that his internal polling shows LP candidate Jo Jorgensen as a threat to his reelection.




It's possible that the margin of victory in certain key states is such that Trump now feels compelled to push messaging designed to win over libertarians.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

well that is interesting

^this.

Massie is flexing his muscle, he probably knows that top MAGA donors would not allow it. But interesting move politically for Massie, a lot of people would say.

Trump wanted him ousted from GOP, but Massie coasts in primary

 

[Matt Collins]

https://twitter.com/AmbassadorRice/status/1294797549560385543

 

[Brian4Liberty]

https://twitter.com/AmbassadorRice/status/1294797549560385543

https://twitter.com/USAB4L/status/1295151475149111298

 

[Anti Globalist]

https://twitter.com/AmbassadorRice/status/1294797549560385543

Thank you Rice for pretty much admitting how much of a neocon you are.

 

[Occam's Banana]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Thomas Massie (and Glenn Jacobs) again.

Julian can't even get pardoned since he's not a US citizen.

This is not correct. Anyone accused, charged or convicted under US federal law can be pardoned by POTUS, regardless of citizenship.

Massie is not the right guy for this job.

Anyone who has a voice and gives a damn about justice is "the right guy for this job."

And if Trump doesn't want to hear it (because it's not coming from the "right" person), then that's on him ...

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Make it Snowden AND Julian!!!

Trump's fine with Julian; he hurt Clinton and so helped Trump. Trump's problem with Snowden (whom he, until recently, wanted to execute for treason) is that Snowden opposes the PATRIOT Act, etc, which Trump loves. I suppose this is a desperate ploy by Trump to win over some independents who don't share his love of indefinie detention and torture.