Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson said in a document that Trump relayed the offer through former US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher.
20 million people have been compromised after a major data leak in Ecuador
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday.
Judge throws out latest appeal from WikiLeaks founder holed up inside Ecuadorian Embassy to have UK arrest warrant for jumping bail dropped.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claims a mysterious package with a 'threat' and a white substance was sent to him at the Ecuadorian Embassy.
Assange will still face arrest if he sets foot outside Ecuadorian Embassy after court throws out appeal.
Wikileaks founder launches fresh appeal in court to have warrant for skipping bail dropped as he enters sixth year inside Ecuadorian embassy.
Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, could potentially walk free from the Ecuadorian embassy today (26 January) following a fresh court appeal.
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is facing a multitude of serious health risks due to his years-long confinement in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, experts say.
Lenin Moreno appears to be losing patience with Wikileaks founder who has been holed up in London embassy since 2012.
Anderson accused Morgan of always trying to "make everyone happy" even if it means adding some "twist of tabloid journalism".
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has branded Google and Facebook an "existential threat" to humanity.
Julian Assange's poor hygiene has reportedly been an incentive for the Ecuadorian government to end the legal and diplomatic row he created when he sought refuge at their embassy.
The UK Foreign Office has rejected an appeal from Ecuador requesting diplomatic status be granted to WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange, who has lived in its London embassy for years.
"A person cannot live in those conditions for ever," Ecuador's foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said.
Trump and the White House have fiercely denounced the book by a "totally discredited" author as "fake" and full of lies.
Speculation about the account's mysterious and sudden disappearance are doing the rounds on Twitter, with some claiming that Julian Assange deleted his own account.
Since 2012, the US Freedom of the Press Foundation has helped funnel financial donations to the Julian Assange's whistleblowing platform - but no longer.
London tribunal decision flies in the face of US officials who have branded whistleblower site as a "hostile intelligence agency".
From Anthem and Chipotle to Equifax and Uber, this year saw several data breaches and leaks.
"Your opponents control most internet companies," Assange warned Trump in a tweet. "Careful."
Julian Assange took to Twitter to respond to the "alleged" messages, claiming that he could not confirm them and that WikiLeaks "did not keep such records".
