I'd say "He makes his father look intelligent," but we all know that'd be a lie.....
Trump Jr. praises writer who pushed 'Pizzagate' conspiracy theory
Brooke Seipel
MSN |
"Congrats
to Cernovich for breaking the Susan Rice story. In a long gone time of unbiased
journalism he'd win the Pulitzer, but not today!" Trump Jr. tweeted.
The
tweet references reports that Rice, while still serving in
the Obama administration, legally requested the "unmasking" of
incoming Trump officials in intelligence reports. "Unmasking" refers
to revealing the names of people whose communications and information are
incidentally collected in broader surveillance of foreign targets, and which
are normally redacted in reports.
Former
intelligence officials have described unmasking as a routine part of the intelligence
process, and no reports so far have shown that Rice's request bypassed proper
channels.
Cernovich
is known for promoting the "Pizzagate" conspiracy theory, which,
among other things, falsely said that the Washington, D.C., pizza shop Comet
Ping Pong was home to an underground sex-trafficking ring that included Hillary
Clinton and her former campaign chairman, John Podesta. In December, a North
Carolina man was arrested for firing shots inside the pizzeria in an attempt to
"investigate."
White
House counselor Kellyanne Conway also praised Cernovich this week, calling his
interview on CBS's "60 Minutes" a "must-see ratings
bonanza."
Cernovich
first reported Rice's alleged unmasking request, which was later echoed by
Bloomberg columnist Eli Lake and has become a major force in this week's news
cycle.
Last
month, it was reported that some members of the Trump
transition were incidentally surveilled during discussions with foreign
officials.
Both
the Rice report and reports of incidental surveillance have been used by the
Trump administration as evidence to back up his accusations that former
President Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. However, there is still no evidence
that surveillance of Trump occurred.
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