Posted on 02/17/2022 6:27:48 AM PST by lowbridge
MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes was mocked on Twitter for spreading disinformation about donations during the 2016 presidential election.
On Monday, a D.C. federal court unsealed several documents regarding a search warrant into several individuals from the United Arab Emirates. Detroit News reporter Robert Snell posted two images from the documents that revealed evidence of individuals Ahmad "Andy" Khawaja and George Nader funneling funds from the UAE to the 2016 presidential election.
Hayes shared Snell's with the comment "The America First campaign sure had a lot of foreign sponsors!
"While Hayes assumed a connection between the illegal donation and former President Trump, older documents suggested otherwise. In 2019, Khawaja and Nader were previously indicted on attempting to funnel more than $3 million in illegal foreign campaign contributions to the 2016 election. While the indictment did not list the candidate by name, campaign finance records indicated that the recipient was Hillary Clinton.
Nader, who previously acted as a liaison between President Trump’s top advisers and officials within the United Arab Emirates, later plead guilty to charges of child sex trafficking and possessing child pornography.
"Lol. The charges in this case were for straw donations to the *Clinton campaign* on behalf of UAE," Washington Free Beacon reporter Chuck Ross tweeted.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, also wrote, "Um, these were donations…to Hillary. @chrislhayes @msnbc will you correct? And apologize?"
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Don’t count on an apology in fact he’ll probably double down and accuse Trump of more crap and get away with it too.
Illegal donations to Hillary^. Just like the illegal donations to Billy Jeff, nothing will be done..
I think Twitter says it blocks people who post misinformation.
The reality is that Twitter blocks people who oppose Democrats.
Twitter needs to be fined and their executives criminally charged for every penny of such illegal political contributions-in-kind.
Twitter also needs to lose their Section 230 liability protection because such censorship makes them a content provider, not a content carrier.
Chris Hayes might get mocked but his false accusation that UAE donated money to the Trump campaign will be on the Internet forever. Google will probably put it right up near the top of any searches. It is outrageous.
It reminds me of the time I was debating a liberal on a political message board years ago.
The liberal attacked George W. Bush for signing a particular piece of legislation into law.
I pointed out to him that the legislation he cited was signed into law by Clinton in his last few months in office. Not Bush. I then asked him now that he knows who really signed it, does he still oppose that law or going to criticize Clinton for signing it?
I never got a response.
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