.@Politico denies @Politico’s reporting on Ukraine's 2016 pro-Hillary efforts (via @BecketAdams) washex.am/33E8Rgx
Something weird is going on at Politico.
The newsgroup reports that there is “no evidence” to support the idea that Ukraine worked hand-in-hand with the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign to torpedo then-GOP nominee Donald Trump.
The newsgroup reports that there is “no evidence” to support the idea that Ukraine worked hand-in-hand with the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign to torpedo then-GOP nominee Donald Trump.
“According to Giuliani," Politico notes, “Ukrainian officials conspired with the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee to help boost the Democratic nominee’s campaign and damage Trump’s candidacy. No evidence has emerged to support that idea.”
This comes as a bit of a surprise considering reporters Ken Vogel and David Stern reported for Politico in 2017 that “Ukrainian government officials tried to help Hillary Clinton and undermine Trump by publicly questioning his fitness for office.”
Their article, titled “Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire,” claimed also that Ukrainian officials “disseminated documents implicating a top Trump aide in corruption and suggested they were investigating the matter, only to back away after the election.
And they helped Clinton’s allies research damaging information on Trump and his advisers.”
“Kiev officials are scrambling to make amends with the president-elect after quietly working to boost Clinton,” the article’s subhead reads.
“Kiev officials are scrambling to make amends with the president-elect after quietly working to boost Clinton,” the article’s subhead reads.
Vogel, who reports now for the NYT, and Stern wrote a lengthy, in-depth, and seemingly well-sourced article for Politico detailing efforts by Ukrainian officials to feed damaging information about Trump and his associates to top Democratic operatives during the 2016 election.
But now we are being told by the same newsgroup that there is "no evidence" to support the notion that Ukrainian officials “conspired” with Democratic officers to destroy the Republican nominee?
Huh?
Huh?
It is possible Politico merely made a mistake in claiming there is "no evidence" to support the notion that Ukrainian officials "conspired" with Team Clinton and the DNC during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
It is possible Politico is attempting to downplay its earlier reporting with the silliest of distinctions. At any rate, I agree with journalist Matt Taibbi when he notes that Politico challenging Politico's reporting is “very reflective of current press lunacy.”
