Giuliani: Assange could expose that Ukraine was behind 'false' Russia collusion charges

President Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, in an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner, said Julian Assange could expose a "plot" involving Ukraine to falsely accuse Trump of colluding with Russia. Assange was arrested Thursday in London and urged resistance to the "Trump administration" as he was dragged out of Ecuador's embassy to face extradition. Assange helped elect Trump with 2016 dumps of damaging Democratic emails allegedly hacked by Russia. He was charged with a single count of computer-hacking conspiracy relating to Chelsea Manning's 2010 leaks of military and diplomatic secrets.

Trump distanced himself from the case, but Giuliani said Assange's apprehension — after nearly seven years in the embassy — could benefit the president, who was recently exonerated of criminal collusion with Russia by special counsel Robert Mueller. "Maybe it will shed light on the plot to create an investigation of President Trump based on a false charge of conspiracy with the Russians to affect the 2016 elections. Keep your eye on Ukraine," Giuliani said. "It's possible with all his sources he might know or have information of how it all started."

Giuliani specified that he was talking about Assange exposing the origins of the federal investigation of possible Trump collusion with Russia and was not raising the possibility of Assange disproving that Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta. Giuliani said he believed Assange may be able to "show who invented [the] false story that [Trump] colluded with Russians." Giuliani, a former U.S. attorney and New York City mayor, said he was "not sure yet" if Assange helping exonerate Trump would lighten his possible criminal penalties.

In a report submitted March 22, Mueller found no evidence of Trump criminally colluding with Russia, according to Attorney General Bill Barr's summary of Mueller's findings. Barr said Tuesday that he expected to release a redacted version of Mueller's report within a week. Assange is accused of conspiring to hack a U.S. government computer system. He allegedly communicated with Manning about cracking a password, though charging documents did not make clear if any records were accessed as a result. The charge carries up to five years in prison.

Following Assange's arrest, experts raised the possibility that Assange would seek to "graymail" the Trump administration into dropping charges, meaning threaten to expose secrets — whether true or not — in an effort to nix the prosecution. There are some unresolved Russia-related claims that could damage Trump, including former Trump attorney Michael Cohen's claim he overheard a July 2016 phone call in which adviser Roger Stone told Trump that he spoke with Assange, who intended to release hacked emails. Mueller's team also focused on author Jerome Corsi, finding it implausible that he "predicted" in July 2016 that Assange had Podesta's emails and would release them in October.

Giuliani answered with a firm "no" when asked if Assange's arrest could put Trump in new legal jeopardy in relation to the 2016 email releases. Although candidate Trump routinely reveled in WikiLeaks's disclosures about Hillary Clinton, Trump as president has consistently professed ignorance about Assange and efforts to broker a pardon on his behalf. Former Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., tried in vain to speak with Trump about a pardon for Assange, and on Thursday Trump claimed he knew "nothing" about either Assange or the WikiLeaks organization.

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Georgetown University students vote to increase their tuition to pay slavery reparations

Georgetown University students overwhelmingly voted to increase their tuition to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves once owned by the school. The move comes as reparations are increasingly being discussed on the campaign trail for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. The Georgetown University Student Association held the referendum this week, with students supporting the measure by a two-to-one margin. The fee would increase tuition at the nation's oldest Catholic university by nearly $28 per semester for every student. The money would go into a fund for descendants of the 272 slaves the Jesuits sold in 1838 to keep the deeply indebted university open. The vote is not binding, however. University leadership will make the final decision on whether to implement a mandatory fee for reparations.

"There are many approaches that enable our community to respond to the legacies of slavery," Todd Olson, vice president for student affairs, said in a statement. "This student referendum provides valuable insight into student perspectives and will help guide our continued engagement with students, faculty and staff, members of the Descendant community, and the Society of Jesus." Reparations have become a topic of debate in the race for the Democratic nomination for president. At least four White House hopefuls — Obama-era housing secretary Julián Castro, California Sen. Kamala Harris, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke — support payments to descendants of slaves. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has ripped into his opponents for not doing enough to make reparations a reality. Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders disagrees with the idea, however, saying that he would rather focus on the economic inequality that puts African Americans at a disadvantage.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/georgetown-university-students-vote-to-increase-their-tuition-to-pay-slavery-reparations

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All part of the show..

New Jersey gives law students taxpayer money to represent illegal immigrants

Law school clinics at Seton Hall University and Rutgers University have each received $125,000 in taxpayer money for their students to represent illegal immigrants in court. The $250,000 in funds come from a larger grant from the New Jersey Department of the Treasury, totaling $2.1 million, which will fund legal representation for New Jersey residents with immigration-related troubles, according to a news release. This money could be better spent helping poor citizens with legal troubles as opposed to noncitizens who are illegally in the country. Taxpayers are funding the aid of those who are actively breaking the law.

A Rutgers Law announcement about the program said the “funding from the Governor is an important step in ensuring that all of New Jersey’s detained immigrants get the representation they deserve. We hope this is only the beginning.” Students can also receive class credit for doing pro bono work for detained immigrants facing deportation or seeking asylum.

Hans von Spakovsky, a legal expert at the Heritage Foundation, criticized New Jersey’s priorities. “There are poor citizens in the state of New Jersey who can not afford legal representation in all kinds of everyday matters, from criminal cases to housing disputes, to child welfare issues,” he told Campus Reform. “Given the limited amount of money that the state provides, you would think that their number one priority ought to be helping citizens before they help illegal aliens.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/new-jersey-gives-law-students-taxpayer-money-to-represent-illegal-immigrants

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The larger point here is that this money is specifically for Illegal Immigrants…I would have no issue for indigent US citizens. But Illegals have no right to expect US citizens to pay for their legal bills!