{"id":1831057,"date":"2023-02-01T07:34:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T12:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1831057"},"modified":"2023-02-01T07:41:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T12:41:09","slug":"any-journalist-relying-on-a-russia-hoaxer-to-attack-barr-and-durham-should-be-tuned-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/any-journalist-relying-on-a-russia-hoaxer-to-attack-barr-and-durham-should-be-tuned-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Any \u2018Journalist\u2019 Relying On A Russia Hoaxer To Attack Barr And Durham Should Be Tuned Out\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fany-journalist-relying-on-a-russia-hoaxer-to-attack-barr-and-durham-should-be-tuned-out%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1831057&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>\u201cWhen did these guys drink the Kool-Aid, and who served it to them?\u201d That The New York Times deemed that reference to former Attorney General William Barr and Special Counsel John Durham from Stefan Halper\u2019s criminal defense attorney relevant, much less persuasive, to the question of the propriety of the special counsel\u2019s investigation renders Thursday\u2019s hit piece unworthy of any credibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Times\u2019 opening salvo on Thursday, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/26\/us\/politics\/durham-trump-russia-barr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Barr\u2019s Quest to Find Flaws in the Russia Inquiry Unraveled<\/a>,\u201d launched a narrative-building exercise to convince the public that Durham\u2019s investigation into malfeasance by the FBI and intelligence agencies was politically motivated and a failure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As I said previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/30\/6-reasons-the-nyts-hit-job-on-john-durhams-imminent-report-instantly-unravels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Detail<\/a> in these pages, Charlie Savage, Adam Goldman, and Katie Benner\u2019s article on Barr\u2019s quest supposedly unraveling cannot withstand <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/31\/the-blitzkrieg-on-bill-barr-and-john-durham-is-just-beginning\/\">Examine carefully<\/a>. Nonetheless, the Times\u2019 ploy to preempt the eventual public release of the special counsel report is already <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/31\/the-blitzkrieg-on-bill-barr-and-john-durham-is-just-beginning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advancing<\/a> As planned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is hard to counter the propaganda-pushing media, especially when they join forces with Democrats. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senate-democrats-threaten-hard-look-at-durham-inquiry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Happening<\/a> Barr and Durham are under attack. With the sheer number of accusations made against Savage, Goldman and Benner, it is a difficult task.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While line-by-line, the Times\u2019 attacks on Barr and Durham \u2014 both Thursday\u2019s and Monday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/30\/opinion\/william-barr-durham-report.html?unlocked_article_code=miF8ggwTbw71jphkXowUk8rautZQBCqX72817olrsune5zqDZdnL1xBjVvwdfOZl-zPd8cT9THrdqHORNr9oAb80wRnWSC_Jyo-OFNGWbUlifeiSorUWV5w4fwykATUyWxUgHnXKvF8ylsGeU3zsf3pE-67xS5jBOEKXD7HHuPoiM4UT0DywCSjBVfrClppmy9e9Pifi0-r8X_SHlVFslGJ_ehYOkhlF8BJKJ5peAIta7RaJZXOccVsnAQWgNY3FViEs2gFk1QkAev4vYfxJdZyahaxr66rxMPqBQAiCqAj6DHbP7YM6VAQZdZLbiR4ZUjlAQgCmrME_ycSyMUocFKI4QW8&#038;smid=tw-share\">op-ed<\/a> follow-up \u2014 can be countered, there is really no reason to wade into the minutia of the reporting because the authors\u2019 reliance on a quote from Halper\u2019s attorney to make their case is so outrageous, so laughable, and so beyond the pale, the public would be justified in summarily disregarding the entire article. The evidence shows that Halper was a key player in the Russia-collusion hoax. Publicly published documents reveal that Halper, while acting as a confidential human resource for the bureau, exaggerated and deceived the FBI about various points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Russia Hoaxer Stefan Halper <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-02\/Halper%2520Source%2520Documents_final.pdf\">Notes<\/a> taken by Stephen Somma, Halper\u2019s longtime handler, memorializing Somma\u2019s conversation with Halper during a visit on Aug. 11, 2016, expose these problems. Somma claims that he asked Halper if he knew George Papadopoulos who was then a Trump campaign adviser. Halper didn\u2019t, but after agreeing to speak with Papadopoulos, Halper then volunteered that he knew Carter Page. Somma was also told by Halper. \u201chad known Trump\u2019s then campaign manager, [Paul] Manafort, for a number of years and that he had been previously acquainted with Michael Flynn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flynn needs an attorney. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/22\/whats-inside-grassleys-letter-demanding-more-on-deep-states-role-in-spygate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Represented<\/a> According to The Federalist, Flynn had never met Halper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Halper\u2019s veracity related to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation is further questionable given that, according to Somma\u2019s notes, Halper <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-02\/Halper%2520Source%2520Documents_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Retransmitted<\/a>\u00a0An \u201cincident\u201d Flynn was allegedly among the notes he witnessed at Cambridge.\u00a0The notes <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/21\/stefan-halper-was-just-another-hack-who-helped-peddle-the-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indicate<\/a> According to Halper, the FBI was informed by Halper \u201cafter Flynn spoke to a small group over dinner and drinks at Cambridge, another attendee, the Russian-born Svetlana Lokhova, \u2018surprised everyone\u2019 and jumped in Flynn\u2019s cab, then left with Flynn to London.\u201d Halper also claimed that he was \u201csuspicious of Lokhova\u201d Because of her Russian connections.<\/p>\n<p>As I said previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/21\/stefan-halper-was-just-another-hack-who-helped-peddle-the-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, \u201ccontrary to Halper\u2019s tale, Flynn had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/22\/whats-inside-grassleys-letter-demanding-more-on-deep-states-role-in-spygate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Never<\/a>\u00a0Halper met Halper, but Halper hadn&#8217;t attended the Cambridge gathering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NYT&#8217;s reliance on a quote from Stefan Halper&#8217;s attorney to make its case is so laughable, Americans should disregard the entire article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":1831060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4002,10867,11773,10429,6794,6853,9084,4280,17224],"class_list":["post-1831057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-attack","tag-barr","tag-durham","tag-hoaxer","tag-journalist","tag-out","tag-relying","tag-russia","tag-tuned"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/499"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1831057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1831060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1831057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1831057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1831057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}