US presidential hopeful RFK Jr says he would pardon Snowden, drop charges against Assange

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US presidential hopeful RFK Jr says he would pardon Snowden, drop charges against Assange  Addressing the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, D.C., Robert F. Kennedy Jr, an anti-vaccine activist and nephew of former US president John F. Kennedy, says he would drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and pardon whistleblower Edward Snowden as president.   Video by AFP  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #johnkennedy  #president

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00:00 Assange should be celebrated as a hero.

00:03 [cheers]

00:08 For doing exactly what journalists are supposed to do,

00:12 which is to expose government corruption.

00:15 [cheers]

00:17 We shouldn't be putting him in prison.

00:19 We should have a monument to him here in Washington, D.C.

00:23 [cheers]

00:28 The same is true for Edward Snowden.

00:31 [applause]

00:33 So I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do.

00:35 I'm going to do what President Trump should have done.

00:38 On my first day in office, I'm going to pardon Edward Snowden

00:43 and I'm going to drop charges, all charges, against Julian Assange.

00:47 [silence]

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