anyone else would seem "very honorable".

"My son's a good boy!"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/national/read-the-transcript-of-the-conversation-among-gop-leaders-obtained-by-the-post/2209/
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A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be the beneficiary of payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) immediately interjected, stopping the conversation from further exploring McCarthy’s assertion, and swore the Republicans present to secrecy.

I don't think it ever got enough media attention although I wonder if this isn't part of the reason why lyin' Ryan isn't running again.

The Russian and mega donor $$$ is widely spread. Hope the truth can become louder than Fox and Sinclair.

So, Assange has proof that Wikileaks is NOT a russian stooge.
And he refuses to show that proof until he gets an assurance that the US has no interest in arresting him.

doesn't know what "honorable" means.

Whackadoodles evaluate and come to different conclusions than most people do. Like all of us, they've spent years developing their understanding of the world, through which all input is screened. But theirs is different.

I read an article, posted here I think, by someone who hung with an Assange group, claims to have been all in and supposedly after months of soaking in their groupthink wised up to their intense dishonesty. Meanness and nastiness too. Big surprise.

I say, 'He's my hero!'"

... Sarah Palin, former Republican governor of Alaska, has expressed her appreciation for Julian Assange's work as the head of WikiLeaks in an interview with the One America News network. According to her .. she has seen that Assange is "trying to provide people with information." Palin is confident that such information helps people make "better decisions" ...

https://sputniknews.com/us/201805121064396168-assange-hater-turned/