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CNN producer: Trump 'probably right' about Russian 'witch hunt'
Washington Examiner ^ | 6/27/17 | by Eddie Scarry

Posted on 06/27/2017 8:23:39 AM PDT by HokieMom

A producer for CNN admitted in a newly released undercover spy video that President Trump is "probably right" in accusing his opponents of engaging in a witch hunt as it relates to collusion with Russia.

The video, published online Monday night by conservative sting activist James O'Keefe's Project Veritas website, shows John Bonifield, a CNN producer who covers medical issues, saying, "I just feel like they really don't have it [proof of collusion] but they want to keep digging."

He continued, "And so I think the president is probably right to say, ‘Look, you are witch hunting me.'"

Bonifield also says in the video that that federal investigation into whether Trump's 2016 campaign colluded with the Russian government "could be bullshit" and that it's "mostly bullshit right now."

The Project Veritas video was apparently produced without Bonifield's knowing he was being recorded, a tactic O'Keefe has used before to undercover supposed wrongdoing by liberals and Democrats.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Russia
KEYWORDS: bonifield; cnn; fakenews; projectveritas; trumprussia; witchhunt

1 posted on 06/27/2017 8:23:39 AM PDT by HokieMom
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Link to Video at Project Veritas
2 posted on 06/27/2017 8:26:30 AM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: HokieMom

The video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jdP8TiKY8dE


3 posted on 06/27/2017 8:26:36 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: HokieMom

After Pajama Boy lost the Democrats started looking for an exit ramp on this.


4 posted on 06/27/2017 8:27:13 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Signalman

This is awesome. I love O’Keefe for his guts and his willingness to go right after the deceit and corruption on the left.


5 posted on 06/27/2017 8:30:27 AM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: HokieMom

Isn’t that typical of how most investigations go. Something looks fishy, and an investigation is underway?


6 posted on 06/27/2017 8:34:49 AM PDT by joesbucks
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To: HokieMom

Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.................. So will your station formally apologize??????????????

Wait... why all the conciliatory attitude lately? Is it because it looks like it is turning back on Odumbshit and HilLIARy?


7 posted on 06/27/2017 8:36:52 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸‏Verified account @JackPosobiec 3h3 hours ago

CNN offices right now #AmericanPravda


8 posted on 06/27/2017 8:44:06 AM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: joesbucks
Isn’t that typical of how most investigations go. Something looks fishy, and an investigation is underway?

True, but that part of the initial investigation was over months ago and morphed into the witch hunt phase when they couldn't find anything because it doesn't exist.

9 posted on 06/27/2017 8:46:01 AM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: HokieMom

Hats off to James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas.... one of the few ‘old school’ journalist in the country


10 posted on 06/27/2017 9:14:21 AM PDT by GOPJ (Black clitizens spend too much time worrying about what white people think. Get a life dudes.)
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To: HokieMom

You may be right. Or it could be very complicated to unwind.


11 posted on 06/27/2017 9:20:33 AM PDT by joesbucks
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Washington Examiner‏Verified account @dcexaminer 18m18 minutes ago

JUST IN: CNN keeps producer who said Trump-Russia collusion investigation "mostly bulls---" http://washex.am/2tjTVFD

12 posted on 06/27/2017 11:16:13 AM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: joesbucks

Herman Cain‏Verified account @THEHermanCain 21m21 minutes ago

Trump about CNN being busted for fake story: What about the rest of the media? They're all fake too! http://buff.ly/2tiFCBl

13 posted on 06/27/2017 11:18:04 AM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: HokieMom
JUST IN: CNN keeps producer who said Trump-Russia collusion investigation "mostly bulls---" http://washex.am/2tjTVFD

Well, when he said it was BS he was telling the truth... hard to believe that would matter to CNN... but I believe you. What's your take - why would CNN chose to keep someone who told the truth about the story?

14 posted on 06/27/2017 11:23:53 AM PDT by GOPJ (Black clitizens spend too much time worrying about what white people think. Get a life dudes.)
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To: HokieMom
I hate to be contrarian, but I'm not liking this incident.

I think the entire industry of "journalism" is stacked with corrupt, lying, biased leftists. This incident allows a few individuals at one network to serve as a lightning rod to concentrate all the negative attention in one place. CNN can chop a few heads, make some "adjustments" and proclaim that despite one little slip up they are now back to their old impeccably honest and trustworthy selves.

The entire industry needs to be taken to task... they all work together to lie, divert and control the daily narrative.

This incident gives them a relatively easy out of the situation and will allow them all to continue down their evil path and simply claim that "See, one hint of a problem and we jump on it and correct ourselves. We're like saints that way".

15 posted on 06/27/2017 11:26:20 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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