Trump says he will 'look very strongly' at pardoning Edward Snowden after previously calling him a 'traitor' who should be 'executed'

Donald Trump on Saturday said that he was 'very strongly' considering pardoning Edward Snowden - the former CIA employee who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency.

In his strongest indication yet that the 37-year-old could be coming home from exile in Russia, Trump said at a press conference held at his Bedminster golf course that he was weighing up Snowden's fate.

'I'm going to take a look at that very strongly,' he said.

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