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Here’s How The FBI Used The Media To Push Russia-Collusion Narrative
LaCorte News ^ | 5/19/2020 | Damjan Tutarkov

Posted on 05/19/2020 1:53:36 PM PDT by Zenyatta

The FBI was “heavily” dependant on media leaks and so-called “news hooks” to further its Crossfire Hurricane investigation into the eventually-disproved claims of collusion between President Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia, according to a new analysis of public records by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The analysis by investigative reporter Chuck Ross highlights five significant news reports the FBI used to justify its advancement of the investigation into the Trump campaign, many of which reports revolved around the incriminating information contained in the discredited dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele.

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TOPICS: Issues
KEYWORDS: comey; obama; russia
and Obama has his fingerprints all over it
1 posted on 05/19/2020 1:53:36 PM PDT by Zenyatta
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To: Zenyatta

btt


2 posted on 05/19/2020 1:54:30 PM PDT by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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Well they sure didn’t have to twist any arms.


3 posted on 05/19/2020 1:59:51 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Don’t forget McStain. He pushed the Steele Dossier big time.


4 posted on 05/19/2020 2:01:39 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Zenyatta

This is a big part of it. They leaked, the media put it out, and they leaped on the news to start the muller probe.

Build a block building in North Dakota for these people, and set the thermostat at a constant 55 degrees.


5 posted on 05/19/2020 2:13:53 PM PDT by lurk
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That could be rewritten to show how the media used the FBI to push the Russia Hoax. The Left just used its assets. And yes, it does have Obama’s fingerprints all over it.


6 posted on 05/19/2020 2:33:00 PM PDT by cdcdawg ("Americanism, not Globalism, will be our credo." DJT 2016)
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It was the planting of partisan propaganda. I believe there are laws against that for federal agencies.


7 posted on 05/19/2020 2:41:51 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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