Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., had a meeting Wednesday with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London at the Ecuadorian Embassy, according to a report on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
Charles Johnson, a conservative journalist who joined Rohrabacher and Assange, said the meeting was originally arranged because Assange wants to find an agreement with the U.S. and not live in asylum anymore. Assange has lived in asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy since August 2012. <\/p>\n
Rohrabacher's spokesman Ken Grubbs confirmed to the Daily Caller he was present on the meeting as well. <\/p>\n
The Justice Department has expressed interest in pressing charges against Assange for assisting Edward Snowden, a former NSA analyst, to release classified documents, the Washington Post reported in April. Snowden was granted asylum by Russia. <\/p>\n
Last month, Rohrabacher admitted he had previously met with a prosecutor from Moscow to discuss information regarding a Russian fraud case that precluded Congress passing the Magnitsky Act, which imposed U.S. sanctions on Russia regarding human rights abuses. <\/p>\n
\"I had a meeting with some people, government officials, and they were saying, Would you be willing to accept material on the Magnitsky case from the prosecutors in Moscow? And I said, Sure, I'd be willing to look at it,'\" Rohrabacher told The Hill. <\/p>\n
Rohrbacher said he disclosed the information he received from the prosecutor with members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the U.S. Treasury Department. <\/p>\n
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