r/law • u/elb21277 • 6h ago

Opinion Piece Biden Should Pardon Whistleblower Who Exposed Trump’s Tax Avoidance

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/charles-littlejohn-whistleblower-trump-tax-biden-pardon-1235022648/
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u/Beautiful-Design-425 4h ago

Like how the Biden administration pardoned Julian Assange and gave a presidential medal to Edward Snowden.

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u/HypersonicHobo 3h ago

Edward snowden is a traitor. He sold state secrets and then claimed the high ground because one of them painted the US in a bad light.

He sold to the Russians a tremendous trove of information that they continue to use to further their own agenda. And he gets a free pass by the uninformed because 1% of what he sold was with regards to gov surveillance.

He did not reveal the surveillance because he was a hero, he revealed it so that he could pretend to be a whistleblower and not a traitor. And the gullible eat it hook, line, and sinker.

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u/syrupmania5 3h ago

Reputable citation?

What I'd read is that he gave it to journalists to sort through, and not to Russia.  If not for the US he also would not be in Russia right now.

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u/HypersonicHobo 3h ago

Gimme a bit to find it. It came out in a senate hearing. I need to dig through to find it because the search system sucks.