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Matt Taibbi: ‘Russiagate’ Story A Hoax ‘Aimed Only At Trump’

Charlie Kirk Staff

09/07/2024

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Matt Taibbi: ‘Russiagate’ Story A Hoax ‘Aimed Only At Trump’

Investigative journalist Matt Taibbi believes that the Russia working to get former President Donald Trump elected stories will not end, but contends that the stories are not true.

“This story just won’t go away. It just reminds me of the Friday the 13th movies. No matter how many times they killed Jason, he keeps leaping out of Crystal Lake in each sequel. And this is the same thing. This Russiagate story will not die. There is a criminal case here. It remains to be seen exactly how much meat there is on the bone in the actual case,” he said to Fox News host Martha MacCallum.

“But what Merrick Garland said in the press conference is not the same as what all those commentators you showed said. He said that what this content was supporting was consistent with Russia’s interest in amplifying U.S. domestic divisions. That’s not the same as saying that they were trying to promote Donald Trump. And when you get down to the nitty gritty of the story, it’s very confusing, actually, as to what really happened and who was supporting whom,” he said.

The host played a clip of MSNBC host Joe Scarborough getting on the story and then asked Taibbi one more question about it.

“I just want to squeeze in one more question here. I don’t think anybody is surprised, I guess, is what is the point that I’m making, that Russia tries to influence people’s thinking around the world. So does China. So does Iran. And they’re big players in this. But when it came to Iran, they did not say that Iran appears to be supporting the Harris campaign in similar efforts on social media. Why do you think that was, Matt?” she said.

“Because the utility of this story, you know, as a propaganda vehicle is entirely designed. It’s aimed at Donald Trump squarely. This story would not be in the news. You wouldn’t have every network covering it. You wouldn’t have Joe Scarborough doing rants about it if it didn’t have a Donald Trump angle to it. And this has been true since the very first time they unveiled this story way back in 2016. We’ve seen so many iterations of the same theme,” the journalist said.

“And every time it turns out to be less than meets the eye or a hoax, like I discovered with the Hamilton 68 site in the Twitter files or the Steele dossier. So, you know, we’ll find out. But this idea that there’s this ongoing, relentless, massive organized campaign by Russia to get Donald Trump elected is just a phony story. This might be a real story, but it’s not a big story yet anyway. Not yet anyway,” he said.

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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