Former President Donald Trump has once again embarrassed the media. The “leaks” being reported by the media have all the same disinformation campaign hallmarks we see being used in Ukraine.
Almost immediately after Trump reported the FBI took his passports the media called him a liar. First up, was Norah O’Donnell of CBS News who said, “According to a DOJ official, the FBI is NOT in possession of former President Trump’s passports. Trump had accused the FBI of stealing his three passports during the search of his Mar-a-Lago home.”
NEW: According to a DOJ official, the FBI is NOT in possession of former President Trump’s passports. Trump had accused the FBI of stealing his three passports during the search of his Mar-a-Lago home.
— Norah O’Donnell 🇺🇸 (@NorahODonnell) August 15, 2022
Note the word game, “not in possession,” instead of “we didn’t take the passports.”
Immediately after the fake news claim, a member of Trump’s team posted an email from the DOJ discussing how they could return the passports to the former president.
This is how Fake News works, folks. Biden admin actively feeds half truths & lies that the media willingly amplifies—advancing a partisan narrative to attack Trump.@NorahODonnell, did your “source” read you this email? Did you bother asking if they indeed seized the passports? https://t.co/DlzkagN0ie pic.twitter.com/VwCU7DPCvg
— Taylor Budowich (@TayFromCA) August 15, 2022
After being humiliated, other press members claimed that Trump was being dishonest because he fooled them.
So Trump team now publicizing this email, which shows:
1) DOJ obtained three passports (two expired, not one, as Trump said) and alerted Trump lawyers
2) They were recovered by a filter team, which weeds out privileged info.
3) Trump publicized this after DOJ offered them back pic.twitter.com/lz8wneIQ0a— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 15, 2022
Once again, the media has egg on their face after lying to the American people.
Trump: “They stole my passport.”
Liberals: “Trump is lying.”
FBI: “We took his passports and are returning them.”
Liberals: “See? Trump always lies.”
WHAT?
— Bob Weave (@lowkeyrbe) August 16, 2022
