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If US President Joe Biden Believes Journalism Is Not a Crime, He'll Drop Charges Against Julian Assange (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“Journalism is not a crime!” declared Biden Saturday, as he put aside the evening’s punch lines for a serious show of solidarity with jailed and persecuted journalists around the world, including Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who has been falsely accused of espionage by the Russians, and Austin Tice, a kidnapped American journalist who is believed to be held by the Syrian government.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

These are good arguments against charging journalists. Now how could Joe Biden stop the prosecution of Assange?

I doubt he can commute his sentence, as to my knowledge Assange wasn't sentenced. Could he simply drop charges given separation of power? Or would he have to reform the espionage act trough a law?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

presidential pardon?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I assumed a pardon could only be done after a sentence. But apparently it was already done before sentencing.

Pardons have been used for presumptive cases, such as when President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, who had not been charged with anything, over any possible crimes connected with the Watergate scandal,[8] but the Supreme Court has never considered the legal effect of such pardons.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

it feels very wink wink nudge nudge to me

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