MSM Fake News Takes Major Hit Today After Senate Testimony Directly Contradicts Media Reports by Susan Duclos – All News Pipeline

I spent the better part of the day listening to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, DNI Director Dan Coats, NSA Director Admiral Michael Rogers, and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe testify at a Senate Intelligence Committee, discussing the Russia Investigation and the FISA court with consistent references to recent MSM articles, which quoted multiple “anonymous” sources, being used by Democrats (and John McCain!) in questioning the four men, specifically in regards to a recent Washington Post “story” claiming Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats told associates Trump asked him if he could intervene with Comey on FBI Russia probe.

Coats was forced to answer that question, posed in one form or another, over and over again, his answer clearly contradicting the Washington Post claims, leaving us to wonder if Wapo is being deliberately fed false information to make them look bad or if they are simply making things up in their attempt to damage the Trump presidency.

Coats’ direct testimony: “In my time of service … I have never been pressured, I have never felt pressure, to intervene or interfere in any way, with shaping intelligence in a political way or in relationship to an ongoing investigation.”

Rogers’ answers were similar, stating “In the three-plus years that I have been the director of the National Security Agency, to the best of my recollection, I have never been directed to do anything that I believe to be illegal, immoral, unethical or inappropriate. And to the best of my recollection … I do not recall ever feeling pressured to do so.”

No matter how many different ways Democrats (and McCain!) tried to rephrase their questions, the men stood by their testimony, while stating they did not feel it proper to discuss specific details of any confidential conversations they personally held with the White House or President Trump.

At one point all four were asked something along the lines of whether they had any other members of the intelligence communicate with them and tell them they had been approached by the White House or the administration to ask how to influence an investigation….. all four men said no.

One of the more interesting statements from Coats,when questioned by John McCain, shown in the last video at the bottom of this article, but I can’t find a short clip of yet, was where Coats asserted that not everything in the Washington Post can be taken at “face value,” because they are not always accurate. The Washington Examiner referenced that statement.

Coats said that he’s learned not to always take the Washington Post “at face value” and that its reporting is not always accurate. He also expressed his concern that classified information was given to the Post.

Would have been popcorn worthy had he looked into the camera and simply referenced WAPO as “fake news.”

It is noteworthy that the Trump administration could have invoked Executive Privilege regarding these conversations, as well as the tomorrow’s testimony by former FBi Director James Comey, as Barack Obama did when he refused to allow an aide to testify in congress about the Iran deal, or when Obama invoked Executive Privilege regarding documents Congress demanded in regards to the Fast and Furious investigation, or his use of it during the Benghazi probe, but Trump has not.

Both men were very clear that they have never felt pressured by President Trump, the White House or anyone within, in regards to the Russia investigation, yet immediately the MSM “Fake News” spin started with the following headlines captured by Zero Hedge, blaring across the Internet:

While the fact that the anti-Trump, liberal MSM would so egregiously bury the lead, isn’t surprising, what is very disturbing is that U.S. Senators would spend so much time, time paid for by taxpayers, to reference and use newspaper articles quoting anonymous sources, which legally is know as “hearsay,” which isn’t even allowed as evidence in a court of law, as a basis for their questions to these gentlemen.

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