Tag: Russiagate

Steve Bannon flip-flopped on Roger Stone’s WikiLeaks connection under oath

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Steve Bannon flip-flopped on Roger Stone’s WikiLeaks connection under oath

Bannon testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on Jan. 16, 2018:

Adam Schiff: “Did Mr. Stone ever discuss with you … his communications with WikiLeaks?”

Bannon: “No.”

Schiff: “Or his connections with Julian Assange?”

Bannon: “No.”

Bannon testifying at Stone’s criminal trial on Nov. 8, 2019:

Defense attorney Robert Bushel: “Before you joined the Trump campaign on August 14th, 2016, did you ever hear Roger Stone discuss any connections that he had with Julian Assange or WikiLeaks?”

Bannon: “Yes.”

The True Story Behind the Magnitsky Act w Andrei Nekrasov

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The True Story Behind the Magnitsky Act w Andrei Nekrasov

Since the 2016 presidential election, we’ve seen the rise of a new McCarthyism, fueled by former and current US government officials, and boosted by media outlets (Russia rigged the 2016 election! Russia hacked the power grid! Russia created Black Lives Matter and the NoDAPL protests!) However, the groundwork for this campaign was laid in 2012, by an oft-referenced but little understood bill called the Magnitsky Act.