President-elect Donald Trump nearly granted a pardon in 2021 to Edward Snowden ... a former journalist for the Guardian who received Snowden’s leaked documents and has advocated for his pardon.

WASHINGTON — The full U.S. Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday despite a contentious confirmation hearing in which she was repeatedly asked about her support of Edward Snowden.

Eric Schmitt (R-MO) twisted himself in knots to avoiding stating whether he considers Snowden — who stole more than a million classified documents — a traitor. “Is Edward Snowden a traitor?” ...

In 2006, he shared corporate documents showing how the National Security Agency was accessing internet data through a secret room in an AT&T office building.