Snowden has been in Russia since 2014, having fled to avoid prosecution for leaking a huge trove of classified documents detailing the National Security Agency's mass surveillance program.
for Snowden. The president told reporters:"There are many, many people — it seems to be a split decision — many people think that he should be somehow be treated differently and other people think he did very bad things."
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is also a long-time Snowden critics, suggesting in both 2013 and 2016 that the whistleblower should beFlorida Rep. Matt Gaetz—a staunch Trump supporter whose public displays of loyalty have won him the president's ear—said last week after the U.S. Court of Appeals decision that he hoped the commander in chief would pardon Snowden.
In 2013, then-National Intelligence Director James Clapper told Congress that the U.S. did not"wittingly" collect data on Americans. Gaetz said:"Clearly, Clapper wasn't telling the truth. But you know who did tell the American people the truth? Edward Snowden."
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