1) Hmmm, a Hill article based on an NBC report. Let's dig further.
2) Hello NBC. Let's see here... Carol Lee and Julia Ainsley. Those names sound familiar.
3) Thaaaaat's right, its the @Debradelai rat list of Democrat journoperatives, manufacturing hit piece after hit piece against the Trump administration, to keep that Muh Russia narrative alive!
4) "other people familiar with the investigation." "according to two people familiar with the matter" "four people familiar with the matter said" " according to two people familiar with the discussion" "according to people familiar with the meeting"
5) "these people said" What, did you get tired of typing out 'familiar with ____'?
6) "In the weeks after Kushner Companies' talks with the Qatari government and HBJ collapsed, the White House strongly backed an economically punishing blockade against Qatar, led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, citing the country's support for terrorism as the impetus"
7) Couldn't possibly be because "in 2014, the U.S. Treasury criticized the Qatari government for purportedly allowing terror-financing activities within its borders, as well as for its alleged financial and political support of terror groups such as Hamas" counterextremism.com/countries/qatar
8) "Some top Qatari government officials believe the White House's position on the blockade may have been a form of retaliation driven by Kushner who was sour about the failed deal, ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER."
9) Sooooo did you all ask any Qatar government officials? No? Ok, so this is basically just an anonymously sourced opinion piece. Fan fucking tastic.
10) "Any cooperation with Mueller's probe from foreign nationals or government officials would mark a significant new dimension to the investigation beyond what is currently publicly known." See, here's the telling phrasing.
11) If there were actual people inside the investigation who could state definitively that foreign nationals/governments were cooperating, it would be phrased 'The cooperation with Muellers prove... marks a significant new dimension'
12) With the original phrasing, THEY'RE COUCHING IT IN HYPOTHETICALS. What does that mean? THE WRITERS DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
13) Ah. Now they're bringing in Flynn. "People familiar with the matter believe that Turkish President Recep Erdogan's son-in-law Berat Albayrak, who is also the country's energy minister, met with Michael Flynn"
14) Lee and Ainsley's hate-boner for General Flynn is so visible they might as well be wearing running shorts so that the tip can stick out.
15) "While Qatari officials were in Washington last month, they came armed with materials they said showed the UAE has worked against their government, including information involving Kushner, people familiar with the matter said." So you didn't SEE any of this information?
16) "Kushner Companies' discussions with the Qatari government about funding did not advance, the people familiar with the matter said. After the company's pitch during a meeting in April 2017, the government decided not to invest." you're writing all this... about failed deals
17) "During the transition Kushner had been negotiating with Chinese investors to secure needed financing for the Fifth Avenue building... but Anbang later said publicly that it would not invest in the building." Again, all this, about FAILED BUSINESS DEALS.
18) "Kushner also met in New York with Cui Tiankai, the Chinese ambassador to the U.S., during the transition, but the content of the meeting is unknown." Someone involved in the transition... met with an ambassador. Stop the fucking presses.
19) "HBJ's potential investment had been contingent on Kushner Companies securing another half of the funding and withdrew after the Chinese investment fell through, people familiar with the matter said." HBJ is a former Qatari prime minister. Again, all this about failed deals.
20) "Two people familiar with the matter said there's been outreach between Mueller's team and HBJ, though it's unclear in what form and if there have been substantive discussions between the investigators and the former Qatari PM." Slow clap for the slow kids of journalism.
21) "Democratic lawmakers raised concerns about possible conflicts of interest in a December letter to Kushner, asking whether he used his upcoming position at the White House to secure financing for the indebted property." Kinda like these journoperatives are doing now.
22) "Kushner had a meeting with Gorkov, the head of a Russian bank that is under U.S. sanctions, held in the NY office of one of Kushner's friends, according to a person familiar with the meeting. Kushner has said he did not discuss sanctions with Gorkov, who has said they did."
23) Someone hit me up with that beaver screaming 'RUSSIA!'
24) "It's unclear if Mueller has attempted to speak with any UAE, Chinese or Russian officials." Ok, FFS.
25) You spend all that time casting all those fucking doubts and suspicion on Jared Kushner without using named sources, without providing a scrap of evidence. You make a big deal about supposed business discussions, none of which turned into any completed deals
26) And you throw in a COMPLETELY RANDOM side swipe at General Flynn, because again, astronauts can see Lee and Ainsley's hate boner for him from space.
27) This... this is the state of the media today. This is the smoking blasted crater of journalism. This is fake news. /end
