Democrats obtained phone records showing how Trump allies coordinated 'false narratives'

[jpak]

Source: CNN

(CNN)Armed with never-before-seen phone records, Democrats on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump's allies of coordinating with a conservative journalist to peddle "false narratives" about Trump's opponents as part of his multi-pronged pressure campaign on Ukraine.

The House Intelligence Committee's impeachment report -- which was made public Tuesday -- says the committee's top Repubican, Rep. Devin Nunes of California, was linked to that effort.

The records, according to Intelligence Committee member Rep. Eric Swalwell, were subpoenaed from third-parties.

"Mr. Solomon was not working alone," the report said of conservative journalist John Solomon's articles throughout 2019 that spread Trump-backed conspiracies about Ukraine. "As further described below, there was a coordinated effort by associates of President Trump to push these false narratives publicly, as evidenced by public statements, phone records, and contractual agreements."

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/politics/intelligence-report-phone-records-devin-nunes/

[wiggs]

1. He is not a journalist. Washington Times and Fox are not news outlets, primarily. nt

[Julian English]

11. Fox News and the Washington Times are outlets much the same way a sewer pipe is an outlet. n/t

[ancianita]

15. But. CNN is where Fox folks go when they think they're getting better facts. There's that.

It's called chipping away at the cult bubble.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. And once again, The Hill is under the gun

‘The Hill’ Chief: John Solomon’s Work to Undergo ‘Transparent and Public’ Review

Justin Baragona

Contributor
Updated Dec. 03, 2019 3:19PM ET /
Published Dec. 03, 2019 3:13PM ET

Bob Cusack, editor in chief of The Hill newspaper, tweeted out a statement on Tuesday mere moments after the House Intelligence Committee revealed that former Hill columnist John Solomon had been in contact with Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, and Giuliani associate Lev Parnas this past April and May.

“The Hill is conducting a meticulous review of opinion columns written by John Solomon on the subject of Ukraine that will be handled by a team of editors and reporters,” Cusack wrote. “All results of the review will be transparent and public.”

“The Hill’s newsroom has a decades-long history of commitment to fair and non-partisan reporting. Our reporters and editors cover Congress, the White House and national politics without bias or agenda and will continue to do so,” he added.

Cusack’s statement comes on the heels of The Hill’s declaration earlier this month that they would be reviewing Solomon’s past work on Ukraine after his name came up in various impeachment witness testimonies. The paper, meanwhile, is owned by Jimmy Finkelstein, a longtime pal of President Donald Trump. Solomon, who is now a Fox News contributor, left The Hill earlier this fall.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-hill-chief-john-solomons-work-to-undergo-transparent-and-public-review

The Daily Beast article above had a link to Cusack's tweet from today just before the report was released -

Link to tweet

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Bob Cusack
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@BobCusack

The Hill is conducting a meticulous review of opinion columns written by John Solomon on the subject of Ukraine that will be handled by a team of editors and reporters. All results of the review will be transparent and public.
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2:36 PM - Dec 3, 2019

[orangecrush]

22. Raincoats and umbrellas deployed!

The shit is hitting the industrial sized fan!

[dalton99a]

23. +1. Time to shine some light on that right-wing rag

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Nunes sinks ever deeper into ethics violations

His conflicts of interest were world wars.

[wiggs]

4. He talked to Parnas. Why isn't the name Firtash mentioned every time Parnas, Fruman, and Giuliani

are mentioned??

IIRC, Firtash paid Parnas. Parnas paid Giuliani.

Firtash is linked to Manafort and Russian organized crime. A RUSSIAN MOBSTER WHO IS INDICTED FOR BRIBERY IS PAYING TRUMP'S PERSONAL ATTORNEY GIULIANI WHO IS TRYING TO FRAME UKRAINE FOR RUSSIA'S 2016 ELECTION INTERFERENCE THEREBY REHABILITATING RUSSIA SO THAT SANCTIONS CAN BE LIFTED AND REHABILITATING MANAFORT SO THAT HE DOESN'T FLIP AGAINST TRUMP?

Firtash, Firtash, Trump, Firtash, Putin, Firtash, Putin, Manafort, Giuliani, Trump. All need to be mentioned together all the time.

[ancianita]

16. Absolutely. Spot on.

[crickets]

28. Boom. There it is.

Nunes and other Republicans who are linked to Russian mob money need to be called out for it. Moscow Mitch, we are looking at you too.

[wiggs]

32. Why can't dem officials, pundits, and journalists make a case of this daily? Why not

keep reminding everyone of the big picture here...the Russian forest rather than just the Ukraine tree?

WHHYYYY?

That's where the threat is

[quid amateur quo]

5. FOX Headline:

Freedom-Hating Democrats Violate Privacy Of Wise Journalist Solomon!

[Corgigal]

6. As the once mother of middle school students,

our government foreign policy is now being run little young teenagers. With the made up stories, multiple phone calls , and very little rational thinking in process.

However, they are young with matching brains. We just have idiots now. Embarrassing.

[beachbumbob]

7. Called conspiracy and is a crime.

Schiff and Pelosi need to take the gloves off now

[CanonRay]

8. Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice?????

[duforsure]

9. Trump and putin and republicans have conspired

Committing crimes and tried to cover it up, obstructed, and got caught now, and they are desperate to come up with excuses to use to dismiss what they did. Its all falling apart, and exposing them more every day , which will be continuing for a long while. Republican Senators if they don't hold him accountable, they are really allowing our elections to be fixed by other countries. That happened already once when putin fixed our last election. Is that really what republican Reps and Senators want? Then ivankie and jr their next bosses?

[BigmanPigman]

20. They want anything that keeps them rich and in power.

They have NO morals and are unAmerican traitors. My dog has more patriotism in her tail than the entire GOP put together.

[crickets]

29. Many Republican Senators are also up to their necks in Russian rubles.

This makes it a little tough to hold Trump accountable, giving they are all in the same boat. Events are unfolding as they are because they have no exit strategy. They didn't think they'd get caught.

[cstanleytech]

10. I hope they have evidence that Nunes went over the line and became a criminal co conspirator in

this. Granted Barr will do nothing but the next Democrat heading the DOJ could and hopefully will.

[wiggs]

12. Firtash. Nunes. Firtash. Nunes. Firtash. Nunes. Firtash. Nunes.

Nunes, who sits on the House Intel Cte, coordinated with agents of an indicted Ukrainian with Russian mob ties. He was intel chair, in which he disingenuously 'investigated' suspicious WH behavior, getting WH talking points in midnight rendevous with the WH...then he daily trashed any oversight efforts as ranking member during recent hearings.

How can he not be considered a mole? A spy? Highly suspect at a minimum? Shouldn't anything he has said or written be newly scrutinized in this context?

Anytime his name is mentioned, Firtash, Parnas, and Giuliani should also be mentioned. He appears to be dirty, treacherous, up to his cowbell in the biggest scandal in US political history.

[Rainbow Droid]

13. +1000 to All This.

[ancianita]

17. +1,000,000!

[FailureToCommunicate]

18. "Up to his cowbell" !

[mr_lebowski]

24. Dems need to REALLY explore the space!

Like they got a fever, and the only prescription is ...

[crickets]

30. ...more cowbell!

[mr_lebowski]

31. You got it baby! (nt)

[Beartracks]

14. For lurking Republicans: "False narratives" lies, just in story form.

Like when you have a lie you want to tell, but you need to gin up other stuff to support the lie, so you make up more lies so the first one sounds more believable, but these new lies beget more lies for context, etc., until you have a "web of lies" or "conspiracy of lies" or a "false narrative."

Lies are lies.

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[yaesu]

19. an old republiCon trick dating back to the Nixon era called Ratfucking. nt

[SergeStorms]

21. Shades of Enrico Salvatore Rizzo.

RICO! RICO! RICO! It's time to round all these punks up and prosecute the entire cabal under the RICO Act. All for one, one for all, and prosecute these bastards under the Act that was custom made for assholes like these.

[They_Live]

25. Agree

and I have been thinking the same thing for at least two years.

[TheFourthMind]

26. Right wing sleaze. n/t

[Mike Niendorff]

27. A better way to phrase this:

(1) "Push false narratives"
(2) "Plant false stories"

See the difference?

MDN