White House Rejects Pardon for Edward Snowden
The White House today released an official statement rejecting a "We the People" online pardon petition for Edward Snowden. The petition had 167,000 signatures.
Dan Froomkin at the Intercept has more.
The White House response was written by Lisa Monaco. She includes this:
“He should come home to the United States, and be judged by a jury of his peers.”
How can he be judged by a jury without an opportunity to explain his defense? According to Glenn Grennwald:
He’s barred under the Espionage Act even from arguing that his leaks were justified; he wouldn’t be permitted to utter a word about that.
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