ABC Pushes Claim Trump Committed Treason, Speculate Blackmail

Nicholas Fondacaro | July 16, 2018
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During Monday’s edition of World News Tonight, ABC demonstrated what they really thought of President Trump when they pushed political accusations that he committed an act of treason during his press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

And that’s not hyperbole. The on-screen headline ABC ran with stated it definitively: “Critics: Trump’s Press Conference ‘Treasonous’”. The over the top person they were elevating was Obama-era CIA Director John Brennan, who became on raveled on Twitter earlier that day. In his tweet, he angrily declared:

Donald Trump’s press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of “high crimes & misdemeanors.” It was nothing short of treasonous. Not only were Trump’s comments imbecilic, he is wholly in the pocket of Putin. Republican Patriots: Where are you???

Before getting to Brennan’s smear, ABC chief Justice correspondent Pierre Thomas promoted a similar suggestion from failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. “In the hours before the President meeting, Hillary Clinton tweeting: ‘Great World Cup. Question for President Trump as he meets Putin: Do you know which team you play for?’” As they were wrapping up the segment, Thomas touted Clinton’s post-press conference answer of “now we know.”

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