1/5/2022- 8:37 p.m.
Mexico’s President Says Trump “Did Not Respond” to His Request to Pardon Assange, Renews Offer of Asylum.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had sought a pardon for Julian Assange from Trump before he left office and repeated his offer of asylum in Mexico for the WikiLeaks founder on Monday (Jan. 3).
Lopez Obrador reiterated the asylum offer he had made for Assange a year ago, and said that before Trump was replaced by Biden last January, he had written him a letter recommending that Assange be pardoned. Mexico did not receive a reply to the letter.
“It would be a sign of solidarity, of fraternity to allow him asylum in the country that Assange decides to live in, including Mexico,” Lopez Obrador said.
If granted asylum in Mexico, Assange would not be able to interfere in the affairs of other countries, and would not represent any sort of threat, Lopez Obrador added
