Donald Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon if he said Russia was not involved in a leak of Democratic Party emails, a court has heard. The WikiLeaks founder’s barrister brought the subject up at Westminster Magistrates’ Court ahead of an extradition hearing next week.

Court hears Trump offered Wikileaks founder pardon	Australian MPs lobby Britain to release Wikileaks founder Julian Assange	Julian Assange’s extradition would be a “death sentence”, says father