Edward Snowden Reacts To Elon Musk’s ‘Pardon’ Poll: ‘That’s A Very Big…’
Edward Snowden has been left impressed by a poll conducted by Twitter CEO Elon Musk on the platform.
What Happened: Musks poll asking his nearly 120 million followers on the platform resulted in 3.31 million votes. 80.5% of those who voted said Wikileaks founder Julian Assange along with Snowden should be pardoned.
That is a very big number. https://t.co/iyYkVt9619 Edward Snowden (@Snowden) December 5, 2022
Snowden said on the poll, That is a very big number.
Why It Matters: Musk said that he was not expressing an opinion when he ran the poll over the weekend.
Snowden said earlier that he and Assange were charged under a law that was aimed at the prevention of fair trials, according to a prior report. Both men are wanted by authorities in the United States for leaking classified information.
The former National Security Agency contractor is now a Russian citizen and a fugitive from U.S. law enforcement. Assange is awaiting extradition to the U.S. in the United Kingdom.
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