MORON ALERT: Ed Markey Talks Trump-Russia Using Fake News From Conspiracy Theorists
One of those Americans is junior United States Senator from Massachusetts Ed Markey (D-MA). He joined CNN today to discuss Comey's firing, asserting that Trump created a "constitutional crisis" while also making the following claim:
The last sentence of that excerpt is unsubstantiated. The Daily Caller picked up on it and was told by one of Markey's senior aides that the Senator had heard that information from a blog post by conspiracy theorist Louise Mensch as well as another post from The Palmer Report. Mensch, who was once a Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, has a long history of making baseless claims that Russia is responsible for many problematic events, including the death of Andrew Breitbart. Bill Palmer wrote an unsubstantiated article claiming that a RICO case in New York regarding Deutsche Bank was related to Trump and Russia. This is what he wrote:
Coincidentally, Mensch reported the same unsubstantiated story.
One of those Americans is junior United States Senator from Massachusetts Ed Markey (D-MA). He joined CNN today to discuss Comey's firing, asserting that Trump created a "constitutional crisis" while also making the following claim:
Well, we obviously have very serious allegations that the Russians were attempting to influence our campaign, our most sacred event, to elect a president in a fair and free election and there are very strong allegations that the Russians had relationships with people inside of the Trump campaign. In fact, subpoenas have now been issued in Northern Virginia with regard to General Flynn and General Flynn’s associates. A grand jury has been empaneled up in New York.
The last sentence of that excerpt is unsubstantiated. The Daily Caller picked up on it and was told by one of Markey's senior aides that the Senator had heard that information from a blog post by conspiracy theorist Louise Mensch as well as another post from The Palmer Report. Mensch, who was once a Conservative Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, has a long history of making baseless claims that Russia is responsible for many problematic events, including the death of Andrew Breitbart. Bill Palmer wrote an unsubstantiated article claiming that a RICO case in New York regarding Deutsche Bank was related to Trump and Russia. This is what he wrote:
The second Trump-Russia grand jury is based entirely around RICO, but does not involve the election. Instead it’s a money laundering case. Palmer Report has previously reported that the State of New York busted Deutsche Bank earlier this year for laundering billions of dollars in Russian money into the hands of clients in places like New York City. In turn, Deutsche Bank has given more than a billion dollars in loans and loan guarantees to Donald Trump.
Coincidentally, Mensch reported the same unsubstantiated story.