March 20, 2021
DEVIN'S ROLE OF A LIFETIME:
Kremlin Assets Aided Pro-Trump 2020 Documentary Featuring Caputo, Nunes (Matt Gertz, 3/20/21,Media Matters
Russian government proxies "helped produce a documentary that aired on a US television network" as part of the Kremlin's wide-ranging effort to influence the 2020 presidential election by falsely accusing President Joe Biden of corruption in Ukraine, the U.S. intelligence community revealed in a report Tuesday.The report does not explicitly identify the documentary or network in question. But the timeline and subject matter match The Ukraine Hoax: Impeachment, Biden Cash, and Mass Murder, which the pro-Trump One America News Network aired in late January 2020. Former Trump aide Michael Caputo hosted that one-hour special, which featured separate interviews with a former Ukrainian official later sanctioned by the federal government for his role in a Russian influence operation and with Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), at the time the chair of the House Intelligence Committee.
To be fair, Mr. Nunes has never pretended not to be a Russian operative.
Posted by Orrin Judd at March 20, 2021 7:40 AM