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Tanuki

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4. Pompeo is another GOP fool who doesn't think people can look up his record
Thu Apr 13, 2017, 04:58 PM
Apr 2017

of public remarks on the internet. In this case, he cited a Wikileaks dump during the campaign as "proof", and it came up during his confirmation hearing:

https://qz.com/884305/the-most-interesting-piece-of-mike-pompeos-cia-director-nomination-hearing-was-the-part-we-didnt-see/
...."Maine senator Angus King endearingly said that Pompeo had “sent out a Twitter” citing DNC emails released by WikiLeaks as “proof” that Hillary Clinton’s nomination was “fixed.” Pompeo said he couldn’t remember the tweet, insisting, “I have never believed that WikiLeaks was a credible source of information.” The tweet, for the record, is below.
Need further proof that the fix was in from Pres. Obama on down? BUSTED: 19,252 Emails from DNC Leaked by Wikileaks https://t.co/QrAH1evqKC
— Mike Pompeo (@RepMikePompeo) July 24, 2016"

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