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<\/a>WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (L), U.S. President-elect Donald Trump (R) \u00a9 Reuters<\/p><\/div>\n
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Supporters of Julian Assange are appealing to Donald Trump through both social media and a petition to pardon the WikiLeaks founder, who is in exile at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.<\/p>\n
They says Assange unveiled the US elite\u2019s \u201ccorruption\u201d<\/em> and must be \u201chonored\u201d<\/em> as a hero.<\/p>\n Over 5,000 people signed the petition aimed at the newly-elected president, asking him to grant \u201ca presidential pardon\u201d<\/em> to Assange and clear him of \u201cany crimes alleged against him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cJulian Assange has been persecuted and harried by the very people he has sought to expose for their lies and deceptions against the people of the world,\u201d<\/em> the petition filed on Change.org reads.\u201cMr. Assange has shone a bright light on the corruption of those who presume to rule us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n In the past two days, there have been several calls to pardon Assange, with Twitter and Reddit users expressing support for the Australian founder of whistleblowing website.<\/p>\n \u201cJulian clearly helped his cause and Trump is a loyal guy (supposedly). Julian is a hero not a criminal,\u201d<\/em> one Redditor wrote<\/a>\u00a0in a forum discussion.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd while he has the pen in hand, pardon Snowden too. They have both performed a great service to the American People and should be lauded as Heroes. I think a ticker tape parade is in order,\u201d<\/em> another Reddit user wrote.<\/p>\n Trump owes his office to Wikileaks, it will be interesting to see what he does about Assange. A little quid pro quo?? Or was there no deal? https:\/\/t.co\/MMQK8gYGTS<\/a><\/p>\n — Margaret (@MargaretKipp) November 11, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n