National Security Council’s director of counterterrorism stopped CNN’s Jake Tupper on Wednesday after the host tried to cite a Washington Post report on concerns about US foreign aid cuts.
Posts It has been reported On February 14, the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid caused concerns in West Africa and the Middle East to raise concerns about potential national security threats, citing four unnamed current and former US officials. In “Leave with Jake Tupper,” the CNN host cited a report to Gorka, but was stopped shortly after Trump’s advisors questioned the outlet’s previous reports. (Related: WAPO’s new direction draws first blood)
“Last month, the Washington Post reported that the freeze on US foreign aid in Africa “has been threatened with the aim of countering Al-Shabaab bomb makers, including the spread of al-Qaeda throughout West Africa, securing prisoners for the Middle Eastern Islamic State, according to U.S. officials and aid workers,” Tapper said. “Are those cuts still in place? Are you worried about them at all?”
“Is that the same Washington Post that has spread the rumors of Russia-Russia’s collusion over the past eight years?” Gorka asked.
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In 2018, both the Post and the New York Times were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for coverage in the Mueller Report, including some of the infamous Steele documents that paved the roadmap for the FBI’s investigation of alleged collusion between President Donald Trump’s first presidential campaign and Russia. But almost three years after the award, in 2021, the Post removed and revised some of the two articles on the Steel Documents, saying “we couldn’t stand any more in the accuracy of these elements of the story.”
“Well, regardless of Russia or Russia –” Tupper started.
“No, regardless,” replied Gorka. “You’re quoting the Washington Post to me. This is just as effective as posting for me or quoting other pillars of fake news industrial facilities. I couldn’t care much about what the Washington Post or the New York Times say, especially when I’m an anonymous government employee. If that’s true, put your name in it. If not, just shut up.”
In that revision, the Washington Post March 2017 and February 2019 “We have identified Belarusian American businessmen as important sources for “steeldeja.” “Headlines and several sections identifying Sergei Milian as the source of Steel-related documents have been removed. An article from 2017 added to the editor’s article that the outlet originally believed it was sourced from Milian.
Despite the 11-month investigation, California Democrat Adam Schiff, a ranked member of the House Intelligence Committee and a California Democratic lawmaker who was then advocating for the Russian conspiracy investigation, admitted that there was no strong “evidence” enough to be placed before the ju judge.
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