here is his backround
Donoghue, a St. John’s University School of Law graduate and Army Judge Advocate General's Corps veteran, spent more than a decade as an assistant U.S. attorney and was working as the chief litigation counsel for a global tech company before becoming a U.S. attorney in 2018.
Next smear campagne?
Julian Assange claims Trump offered pardon if he denied Russian involvement in DNC hack
Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a London court on Wednesday that Trump tendered a pardon deal for Assange contingent on him denying Russia stole emails from the Democratic National Committee which were leaked by his organization ahead of the presidential election. Some of the emails showed DNC research director Lauren Dillon talking with CNN's Wolf Blitzer about crafting questions for Trump ahead of an upcoming interview.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/julian-assange-claims-trump-offered-pardon-if-he-denied-russian-involvement-in-dnc-hack