Trump says he will look ‘very strongly’ at granting pardon to whistleblower Edward Snowden – By Michael Collins, David Jackson, Courtney Subramanian (USA Today) / Aug 15 2020
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Saturday he’s considering granting a pardon to whistleblower Edward Snowden.
“I’m going to take a look at that very strongly,” Trump said during a news conference at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Snowden, a former contractor for the National Security Agency, has been living in exile in Moscow since fleeing the U.S. six years ago after leaking information on the nation’s most secretive spy agencies and their programs. His revelations triggered a debate over government eavesdropping, with some hailing him as a hero and others calling him a traitor.
Trump said he is “not that aware of the Snowden situation,” but that people on both the left and the right are divided over the former contractor.
“It seems to be a split decision,” he said. “Many people think he should be somehow treated differently, and other people think he did very bad things.”
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