Hiding the Truth: Nets Skip Strzok Notes Admitting No Russia Connection

Nicholas Fondacaro | July 21, 2020
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Almost a month after the broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) covered up the release of FBI notes showing that President Obama and Vice President Biden guided the investigation into Michael Flynn, they were back at obfuscating the truth; as newly declassified notes from disgraced FBI agent Peter Strzok proved that the bureau knew there were no connections between the Trump campaign and Russia in early 2017.

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, released the documents on Friday, but in the meantime, none of the broadcast networks showed an interest in giving them airtime. Fortunately, Fox News Channel reporter David Spunt dedicated a report to the documents during Tuesday’s Special Report.

“Four years after allegations of collusion between the Russians and Donald Trump’s campaign, a newly declassified note from the man who helped run the investigation tells a different tale,” Spunt announced at the top of his report.

Reading from Strzok’s contemporaneous notes pertaining to a New York Times article from after President Trump’s inauguration, Spunt reported that investigators knew there were zero connections between the Trump campaign and Russia.

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