{"id":40015,"date":"2018-12-18T12:18:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T20:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40015"},"modified":"2018-12-18T12:58:08","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T20:58:08","slug":"trump-blatantly-lies-about-russian-witch-hunt-according-to-the-journalist-he-misquoted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40015","title":{"rendered":"Trump Blatantly Lies About Russian ‘Witch Hunt’ According to the Journalist He Misquoted"},"content":{"rendered":"

With each new day Donald Trump demonstrates evermore fear and desperation due to the mounting evidence of his collusion and conspiracy with Russia to undermine an American election. He behaves precisely the way one would expect a guilty man to behave, by distorting facts, distracting from the issues, and maligning his critics. It would be pathetic if it weren’t so troubling and dangerous.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday morning Trump went to new extremes to absolve himself of any liability for his felonious actions. In a series of frantic tweets, Trump presented what he said was a case for his innocence made by journalist Michael Isikoff, co-author with David Corn of Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump<\/a><\/strong>. Isikoff was interviewed by John Ziegler<\/a><\/strong>, however, Trump got his analysis of Isikoff’s remarks from Fox News<\/a><\/strong>, as usual. But what Trump tweeted (here<\/a><\/strong>, here<\/a><\/strong>, and here<\/a><\/strong>) was far removed from reality:<\/p>\n

“Russia Dossier reporter now doubts dopey Christopher Steele\u2019s claims! \u201cWhen you get into the details of the Steele Dossier, the specific allegations, we have not seen the evidence to support them. There\u2019s good grounds to think that some of the more sensational allegations…..”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“….WILL NEVER BE PROVEN AND ARE LIKELY FALSE.\u201d Thank you to Michael Isikoff, Yahoo, for honesty. What this means is that the FISA WARRANTS and the whole Russian Witch Hunt is a Fraud and a Hoax which should be ended immediately. Also, it was paid for by Crooked Hillary & DNC!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Michael Isikoff was the first to report Dossier allegations and now seriously doubts the Dossier claims. The whole Russian Collusion thing was a HOAX, but who is going to restore the good name of so many people whose reputations have been destroyed?”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is a whole lot of wrongness in there to unwrap, starting with Trump’s typically childish insult of Steele as “dopey.”<\/em> More to the point. Trump falsely asserts that the FISA warrants are a fraud even though none of this addresses them. What’s more, the Steele dossier was not a primary source of evidence for granting the warrants. Also, Hillary Clinton didn’t pay for the dossier. Her campaign paid Fusion GPS to do research and they hired Steele.<\/p>\n

So Trump is attempting to use Isikoff’s comments as absolution for his crimes. But Trump left out the most critical parts of the interview. Those omissions were pointed out by the interviewer<\/a><\/strong>, the interviewee<\/a><\/strong>, and his co-author<\/a><\/strong>. Isikoff had plenty to say about Trump’s adventures with Russia that the President failed to mention. For instance:<\/p>\n

“In broad strokes, Christopher Steele was clearly onto something. That there was a major Kremlin effort to interfere with our elections. That they were trying to help Trump’s campaign. And that there were multiple contacts between various Russian figures close to the government and various people in the Trump campaign. That much, I think, has been established by the public records.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And also that:<\/p>\n

“The Trump campaign and its campaign operatives, Donald Trump Jr, Paul Manafort, Jared Kushner, were active in ways that was clearly inappropriate and that they shouldn’t have done. And that they concealed this from the voters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“And the Moscow Tower project going on in June of 2016, with direct conversations between Michael Cohen and an assistant to Dmitri Peskov, a press secretary to Vladimir Putin, was incredibly significant, concealed from the voters, and gives the lie to Donald Trump’s repeated statements during the campaign that he had nothing to do with Russia. That nobody connected to his campaign had any contacts with anybody in Russia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I mean, the President during the campaign, as a candidate, seriously mislead the American public about what was a very important issue. And that was the questions about what the Russians were up to and his own dealing with the Russians. So all of that is true.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What more needs to be said? Isikoff clearly stated that Trump was deeply involved with Russian figures and that he lied about it repeatedly. But Trump ignored all of that and distorted Isikoff’s words to say the opposite, and ironically, thanked him for his honesty. That tells you all you need to know about Trump’s aversion to honesty and his determined intent to mislead and spread falsehoods at every opportunity. It’s in his nature, and we can expect it to continue until he is removed from office. Hopefully in handcuffs.<\/p>\n

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With each new day Donald Trump demonstrates evermore fear and desperation due to the mounting evidence of his collusion and conspiracy with Russia to undermine an American election. He behaves precisely the way one would expect a guilty man to behave, by distorting facts, distracting from the issues, and maligning his critics. 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