Whistleblowing

Will Trump pardon Assange after WikiLeaks election help?

There's now speculation WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in London's Ecuadorian embassy for four years to avoid extradition to the US, where he's under investigation and could face a 45-year jail term, deliberately helped Trump in order to win a presidential pardon.

Speaking to Hack from London, after two days of her client being questioned by prosecutors over rape allegations that were made in Sweden six years ago, Julian Assange's Australian lawyer Jen Robinson acknowledged Trump had been making "positive comments" about Mr Assange.

"Which is a good sign," she said.

"But, at same time, the principle of First Amendment [freedom of speech, and of the press] is the same irrespective of who the President is."