They gave him way too much coverage which helped him get the nomination and win the 2016 election.
Category: 2016 election
Trump team lies about the transition after the 2016 election
Trump lies about everything.
Trump team making false argument about his 2016 transition https://t.co/nEqpyI9ki9
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) November 23, 2020
"I was the GSA administrator under President Barack Obama. On the day after the presidential election in 2016, I ascertained that Donald Trump had won," writes Denise Turner Roth, describing the presidential transition process. | @CNNOpinion https://t.co/7huL1kz3Gw
— CNN (@CNN) November 19, 2020
“But Trump’s team largely ignored advice from Obama staffers, leaving briefing books unopened and ignoring special iPads loaded with materials. The lack of preparation left aides clueless even about how to work the overhead intercom in the West Wing” https://t.co/y1SunHEEax
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) November 22, 2020
Trumpsters are complaining about the Trump transition. Let's open the book by Governor Chris Christie, who headed Trump's transition in 2016-2017, to hear from him. Page 6 pic.twitter.com/Bc570hjZ4R
— David Frum (@davidfrum) November 21, 2020
The reality is, while Democrats expressed disappointment at the 2016 election results, most of the party's leadership in Congress, the White House and at the DNC congratulated Trump. They also pledged to work with his team to facilitate the transition. https://t.co/eG087mTBgn
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 15, 2020
Obama praised Bush for the cooperation in 2008 transition and pledged that same level of cooperation to whoever followed him
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) November 21, 2020
And that's exactly what the outgoing Obama team did in 2016. We prepared detailed materials and scheduled briefings
We also gave them a pandemic playbook https://t.co/nzAhcBnf3f
Michelle Obama implored Republicans today to acknowledge Joe Biden's electoral victory in a candid Instagram post that touched on her own experiences in the 2016 transitionhttps://t.co/Pi4j05fXl0
— POLITICO (@politico) November 16, 2020
CNN boss admits they gave too much attention to Clinton’s emails
CNN boss Jeff Zucker expresses regret over his network's coverage of Hillary's emails: "Do I think it got a disproportionate amount of attention? I do." https://t.co/LLKVV27Bx8
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) October 14, 2020
The unmasking scandal was just another Trump cult lie
“Occam has never had a straighter razor.” https://t.co/iYeGvKuSSh
— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosLozadaWP) October 14, 2020
Back in May, Fox News portrayed the "unmasking" story as one of the greatest scandals in American history. Hosts like Hannity, Carlson, and Ingraham went all in on it. And the network's "straight news" division hyped it too. Now it has fallen apart. https://t.co/G63KicEoMS
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 14, 2020
Some will roll their eyes at news DOJ has quietly ended its "unmasking" review without criminal charges, but it remains shocking that a US president and his allies in opinion media have, without evidence, endlessly accused his predecessor of crimes.
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) October 14, 2020
In the end, it was a lie. https://t.co/Y2dLFQIolR
"The prosecutor appointed by AG Barr to review whether Obama-era officials improperly requested the identities of individuals whose names were redacted in intelligence documents has completed his work without finding any substantive wrongdoing." https://t.co/41e9h2bs53
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) October 13, 2020
The ENTIRE point of "unmasking" is that you literally don't know who the person is…that's why you make the request to find out the identity. So *by definition* no one could have been deliberately "targeting" Trump officials…how does he not understand this?
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) October 14, 2020
This. https://t.co/ZJJASvyFHw
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) October 14, 2020
The "Obamagate" unmasking case has fizzled and @washingtonpost says no DOJ report is planned.
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) October 14, 2020
Why is it important to continue to point out Trumpworld's campaign of manipulation?
Because the American people were the victims. They were repeatedly misled by Trump and his allies.
'Obamagate Is Over': Dan Abrams Goes Off After Report Unmasking Probe Wrapped Up Finding No Wrongdoing https://t.co/oBUBuUOCpR
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) October 14, 2020
The 2016 Trump campaign tried to suppress black votes
I assume they’re doing it again.
Analysis: What we know about efforts by Trump’s 2016 campaign to suppress black votes https://t.co/4MdpEZ8WuK
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 29, 2020
Cambridge Analytica database identified Black voters as ripe for “deterrence,” British broadcaster says https://t.co/iH21M6toxO
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 29, 2020
Channel 4 in Britain is now distributing its film which shows, in detail, how Donald Trump and Russian intelligence worked to keep Black Americans from voting.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) September 28, 2020
A historic scandal – and an act of war. https://t.co/fe0tQhxEdq
BREAKING: UK’s Channel 4 has obtained a huge data leak from Trump’s 2016 campaign. The leak reveals personal data of almost 200 million voters used by Trump’s campaign, which manipulated algorithms to deter millions of Black Americans from voting. pic.twitter.com/eT7ssKFiQC
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) September 28, 2020
NEW: Over 3 million Black voters in key states were identified by Trump’s 2016 campaign as people they had to persuade to stay at home on Election Day to help him reach the White Househttps://t.co/x4FrxdE3rG
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 28, 2020
In 2016, the Trump campaign targeted over 650k Black Floridians to suppress their vote. They collected Facebook posts, personality traits, and credit card purchases all to manipulate voters.
— Swing Left (@swingleft) October 22, 2020
Their campaign strategy matches their candidate: vile & racist.https://t.co/T1AfZxPFOG
TV networks gave Trump 2 billion dollars in free airtime in 2016
I don’t see how this year is any different. I blame the media for helping Trump spread his lies and bigotry.
TV networks gave Trump TWO BILLION DOLLARS in free airtime during the 2016 election precisely because he would say the insane nonsense like he said at the debate.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) September 30, 2020
They created the monster for ratings assuming he would lose to Hillary, only to end up assisting his victory. pic.twitter.com/SEv6032We1
Barr is politicizing the Durham investigation
Trump wants to use it as a weapon for his reelection. The whole thing is a phony attempt to discredit the very valid Russia investigation. Never forget that Manafort gave polling data to the Russians. Now one of Durham’s top prosecutors has resigned.
The sudden resignation of John Durham’s top deputy Nora Dannehy is a strong sign that Bill Barr has turned Durham into a tool of the corrupt Trump project of smearing Biden and clearing Trump in October. These crooks aren’t even subtle.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 11, 2020
Today's resignation by a top prosecutor on Durham's team is yet more evidence of what I wrote here last week for @cnn:
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) September 11, 2020
Barr is doing everything he can to deliver Trump an October surprise.https://t.co/I2DiwAnRIP
The strange part here is that by all accounts Durham — at least from members of the CT bar who know and have worked for him— is very respected. So why allow himself to be used this way? Why not resign? He has to know that his role in this legal kabuki dance will taint him forever https://t.co/PXtEwuDqh9
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) September 12, 2020
This is doubly odd because we HAVE a report from an official whose job is to write reports: The Inspector General, who found serious issues with a FISA warrant obtained in the investigation, but that the investigation itself was properly predicated. https://t.co/qNGpup2Ho3
— Julian Sanchez (@normative) September 12, 2020
Why is Durham putting out a public report in the first place?
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 12, 2020
Federal prosecutors either charge people or remain silent. They don't write reports about people who they lack the evidence to criminally charge. https://t.co/SAN8pCdhjn
John Durham’s deputy resigns. My thoughts: https://t.co/9F3nnzq5GA
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) September 11, 2020
"…she had expressed concerns in recent weeks about pressure from Mr. Barr to deliver results ahead of the presidential election in November." https://t.co/KnIX3FMLNF
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 11, 2020
It is exceedingly rare for DOJ prosecutors to resign in protest, and this is the 2nd one this year to do so bc of improper political influence.
— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) September 11, 2020
This tells you all that you need to know about the bastardization of the Durham investigation by Bill Barr. https://t.co/ajJDnVXdim
Nora Dannehy, a top prosecutor working for US Attorney John Durham, who is conducting the probe of the Russia investigation for Attorney General William Barr, has resigned https://t.co/gESXDgwWz4
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 11, 2020
Barr’s public statements about the Durham investigation have been highly problematic.
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) September 11, 2020
His frequent statements and predictions about the Durham probe suggest his intense interest in the case and his improper motive for launching and pushing this investigation. https://t.co/eSqvluZrc5
If there is any living human that thinks the "Durham Probe" is anything other than a pre-election phony political hit job, you must have slept through the last 4 years. https://t.co/e4EnLasrrK
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) September 11, 2020
This is very significant. https://t.co/GZmu4vd4oW
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) September 11, 2020
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— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) August 15, 2020
(1/2) Strong indicator Durham has been corrupted
“Either [Durham] doesn’t know what he’s doing—replicating an error that DOJ IG had to fix in its Carter Page investigation—or he’s deliberately misrepresenting”
important by @emptywheel👇 https://t.co/EiDf7qQGtS
DOJ politicizes evidence in a potential criminal case
The DOJ is Trump’s personal legal team.
DOJ policy forbids publicly describing evidence in a criminal case, even after charges are filed, let alone before, because it could improperly influence a jury. This is an improper use of law enforcement authority for a political purpose. https://t.co/N4A46rfQ9D
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) September 8, 2020
Rosenstein limited Mueller
He prevented a full investigation of Trump’s connections to Russia. This is disgraceful.
New reporting: Rosenstein prevented Mueller from pursuing a counterintelligence investigation into Trump's Russia ties & limited him to the criminal investigation at hand, telling him "this is a criminal investigation. Do your job, and then shut it down.” https://t.co/EHhZ99V4Kj
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 30, 2020
The fix was always in with Rosenstein. He only appointed a special counsel after he got caught issuing a fraudulent memo to take credit for firing Comey. He panicked. But, as long as the boss was willing to not fire him “by tweet,” he was willing to “land this plane.” Nose first. https://t.co/EREaPfCdpw
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) August 30, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: From my new book .. DOJ in '17 secretly curtailed FBI counterintel investigation of Trump financial/personal ties to Russia. DOJ concealed this from FBI at time, leaving FBI w/ impression Mueller would do it. But Mueller ultimately didn't. https://t.co/mEBFCdqIP1
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) August 30, 2020
Good time to point out Rod Rosenstein is now in private practice representing an Israeli tech firm that the Senate Intelligence Committee identified as a foreign interference actor for the Trump Campaign.
— Robert J. DeNault (@robertjdenault) August 30, 2020
This was obvious long ago. Having it confirmed nails the lid on a since-closed coffin. Bob Mueller’s decision to accept so fatally compromised a role without complaint was inexcusable. https://t.co/tzJzNBniYs
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 30, 2020
The 2016 Trump campaign accepted Russian help
Maybe it’s not a criminal conspiracy but it’s bad. There’s no reason to think it’s not happening again this year. Putin should be thrilled by how much help he has gotten from Trump. He won’t get it from Biden.
“The Intelligence Committee report shows clear coordination between Russians and the Trump campaign” The Republican-led Intel report also concluded Trump committed perjury. It is time for him to go. https://t.co/mJOQqWjsUQ
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 20, 2020
The Senate just dropped a massive Russia bombshell (and most people missed it)https://t.co/UXRgKAljAN pic.twitter.com/uUDlcPsjlW
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) August 19, 2020
As I told @JRubinBlogger for her brilliant column, “there can be no remaining doubt. Trump & his campaign colluded with Russia to help them win the 2016 election.”
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) August 19, 2020
Jen was kind enough to note that my book proves the case: https://t.co/8QUhtkiv1i https://t.co/mQVDRqVrCC
"The Republican and Democratic chairmen of the Senate Intelligence Committee made criminal referrals of Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon, Erik Prince and Sam Clovis to federal prosecutors in 2019” https://t.co/MRsgRiBaaP
— Eric Rauchway (@rauchway) August 18, 2020
The level of coordination between the Trump campaign and Wikileaks on that memorable day of October 7, 2016, remains striking—and insufficiently unexplained. https://t.co/abbihVXaMg
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) August 18, 2020
Analysis: The Senate’s big Russia report: What we learned, and what it means https://t.co/xZTTveJUIV
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 18, 2020
