Stone admits to publishing false statements on InfoWars

[kudzu]

Stone admits to publishing false statements on InfoWars

Roger Stone a former informal adviser to President Trump, on Monday settled a defamation suit that sought $100 million in damages over material he published on InfoWars.com, according to The Wall Street Journal, admitting that he made false statements on the far-right website.

The settlement includes an agreement that mandates Stone run ads in newspapers apologizing for making defamatory statements about Chinese businessman Guo Wengui. The agreement also requires Stone to post a retraction of the false statements he made on social media.

Acting on the requirements will reportedly exempt Stone from paying any damages.

“I am solely responsible for fulfilling the terms of the settlement," Stone said in a text message to the Journal, adding that his past conduct was "irresponsible."

The settlement comes about nine months after Guo, a Chinese businessman who is a vocal critic of China, filed a lawsuit against the longtime political operative.

Guo said he was suing Stone for falsely accusing him of being a “turncoat criminal who is convicted of crimes here and in China," according to the Journal. The lawsuit also said that Stone accused Guo of violating U.S. election laws by making political donations to Hillary Clinton, the Journal reported.

Stone's settlement statement identifies Bruno Wu, a Chinese-American media tycoon as the “the apparent source of the information” about Guo. Stone says that this information was relayed to him by former Trump aide Sam Nunberg.

Stone said in a statement to The Hill that he "made the error of relying on the representations of Nunberg in my report on this matter and for that I apologized."

Nunberg declined to comment to The Journal.

The settlement from Stone comes as he faces growing scrutiny as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia's election interference.

Mueller is investigating if Stone and his associate, Jerome Corsi, were aware of WikiLeaks's plans to publish hacked emails from Clinton, then the Democratic presidential nominee, during the 2016 campaign.

Stone has repeatedly denied having advanced knowledge of the organization’s plans.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who is expected to become the House Intelligence Committee chairman, said Sunday "there’s ample reason to be concerned about" Stone's "truthfulness."

"If Mr. Schiff has any proof that I had advance knowledge of the source or content of the allegedly hacked or stolen emails published by Wikileaks or that I received anything of the kind I challenge him to produce it," Stone said in an email to The Hill earlier this month.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...on-infowars-in

[TOP]

False statements are Very very bad, aren't they....?

[kudzu]

False statements are Very very bad, aren't they....?

They have also been very effective.........

"Guo said he was suing Stone for falsely accusing him of being a “turncoat criminal who is convicted of crimes here and in China," according to the Journal. The lawsuit also said that Stone accused Guo of violating U.S. election laws by making political donations to Hillary Clinton, the Journal reported.

Stone's settlement statement identifies Bruno Wu, a Chinese-American media tycoon as the “the apparent source of the information” about Guo. Stone says that this information was relayed to him by former Trump aide Sam Nunberg.

Stone said in a statement to The Hill that he "made the error of relying on the representations of Nunberg in my report on this matter and for that I apologized."

Nunberg declined to comment to The Journal."

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They have also been very effective.........

"Guo said he was suing Stone for falsely accusing him of being a “turncoat criminal who is convicted of crimes here and in China," according to the Journal. The lawsuit also said that Stone accused Guo of violating U.S. election laws by making political donations to Hillary Clinton, the Journal reported.

Stone's settlement statement identifies Bruno Wu, a Chinese-American media tycoon as the “the apparent source of the information” about Guo. Stone says that this information was relayed to him by former Trump aide Sam Nunberg.

Stone said in a statement to The Hill that he "made the error of relying on the representations of Nunberg in my report on this matter and for that I apologized."

Nunberg declined to comment to The Journal."

so making false statements...very bad. I agree...People doing so should be ‘prosecuted....or get help...they may be mentally challenged...

[kudzu]

so making false statements...very bad. I agree...People doing so should be ‘prosecuted....or get help...they may be mentally challenged...

It came from Nunes.. Now you know what a little weasel he is..

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It came from Nunes.. Now you know what a little weasel he is..

so, you agree with me...

[kudzu]

so, you agree with me...

Absolutely..........

The Dark Twisted Failure of Devin Nunes – Rolling Stone

The House Intel chair is carving out a place in history as Trump and Putin’s most useful idiot on Capitol Hill

Someday, when Hollywood starts making movies and episodic dramas about this bizarre epoch in American history – that time when Russia installed a fat, orange-tinted fourth-grader in the White House, and “conservatives” cheered and plotted to keep him there – there will be a whole dog-kennel’s worth of knaves to fill out any plot, from sweaty international man-of-mystery Paul Manafort to rosy-cheeked son-of-a-felon Jared Kushner.

Screenwriters will be forced to pick and choose their villains; there will be far too many to pack into a script. But when it comes to comic relief, the choices (beyond Donald Trump himself) will be easy and universal: Failed-academic-in-a-Gilligan-hat Carter Page is guaranteed to become a stock character in the saga, as the eager stooge too dumb to be a spy.

And Devin Nunes, the climate-denying mediocrity from Tulare, California, will take his place in the mythology as Trump and Putin’s most useful idiot on Capitol Hill.

Before Trump came along, Nunes was just another hack in the Republican House, a Central Valley milk-farmer from Portuguese stock cursed with a face that looks permanently astonished. After lucking his way into Congress in 2003, he’d risen to chair the House Intelligence Committee the old-fashioned way, through sycophancy. He endeared himself to future Speaker Paul Ryan by glomming on to his fever dream of demolishing the social safety net, and earned his Intelligence chairmanship by serving as an attack dog for then-Speaker John Boehner when Tea Partiers wanted to shut down the government in 2013; Nunes memorably assailed the GOP rebels as “lemmings with suicide vests.”

Then, in 2016, his fast friendship with deposed General Michael Flynn (“I talk to Flynn virtually every day, if not multiple times a day,” Nunes proudly told a reporter in December 2016) landed him on the executive committee of Trump’s presidential transition team. From there, it was a short step into historical infamy last March, when Nunes made his clandestine “midnight run” to the White House to be given (by one of Flynn’s toadies) classified documents that falsely “proved” President Obama had “wiretapped Trump Tower,” which he proceeded to make public in a manner so clumsy he almost lost his Intelligence perch.

Ever since, Nunes has gleefully embraced his role as Trump’s congressional stooge, turning the House investigation of Russia’s election meddling into a bumbling fake-news shitshow that’s been essential in the effort to distract both the media and Trump-supporters from the actual story.

This year, Nunes laid his second great claim to historical infamy by ordering up the four-page #ReleaseTheMemo that purported to prove that Christopher Steele’s dossier, sponsored by Hillary Clinton, was the FBI’s sole rationale for launching an investigation into the Trump-Russia connection.

The fact that the memo showed exactly the opposite was a minor inconvenience; Memogate, like the original Nunes caper, became (and remains) a deadly effective weapon of mass distraction.

continued (it gets better)

https://www.rollingstone.com/politic...-nunes-202154/

[countryboy]

False statements are Very very bad, aren't they....?

Only if you are associated with Trump, even remotely, or by proxy.

[TOP]

Absolutely..........

The Dark Twisted Failure of Devin Nunes – Rolling Stone

The House Intel chair is carving out a place in history as Trump and Putin’s most useful idiot on Capitol Hill

Someday, when Hollywood starts making movies and episodic dramas about this bizarre epoch in American history – that time when Russia installed a fat, orange-tinted fourth-grader in the White House, and “conservatives” cheered and plotted to keep him there – there will be a whole dog-kennel’s worth of knaves to fill out any plot, from sweaty international man-of-mystery Paul Manafort to rosy-cheeked son-of-a-felon Jared Kushner.

Screenwriters will be forced to pick and choose their villains; there will be far too many to pack into a script. But when it comes to comic relief, the choices (beyond Donald Trump himself) will be easy and universal: Failed-academic-in-a-Gilligan-hat Carter Page is guaranteed to become a stock character in the saga, as the eager stooge too dumb to be a spy.

And Devin Nunes, the climate-denying mediocrity from Tulare, California, will take his place in the mythology as Trump and Putin’s most useful idiot on Capitol Hill.

Before Trump came along, Nunes was just another hack in the Republican House, a Central Valley milk-farmer from Portuguese stock cursed with a face that looks permanently astonished. After lucking his way into Congress in 2003, he’d risen to chair the House Intelligence Committee the old-fashioned way, through sycophancy. He endeared himself to future Speaker Paul Ryan by glomming on to his fever dream of demolishing the social safety net, and earned his Intelligence chairmanship by serving as an attack dog for then-Speaker John Boehner when Tea Partiers wanted to shut down the government in 2013; Nunes memorably assailed the GOP rebels as “lemmings with suicide vests.”

Then, in 2016, his fast friendship with deposed General Michael Flynn (“I talk to Flynn virtually every day, if not multiple times a day,” Nunes proudly told a reporter in December 2016) landed him on the executive committee of Trump’s presidential transition team. From there, it was a short step into historical infamy last March, when Nunes made his clandestine “midnight run” to the White House to be given (by one of Flynn’s toadies) classified documents that falsely “proved” President Obama had “wiretapped Trump Tower,” which he proceeded to make public in a manner so clumsy he almost lost his Intelligence perch.

Ever since, Nunes has gleefully embraced his role as Trump’s congressional stooge, turning the House investigation of Russia’s election meddling into a bumbling fake-news shitshow that’s been essential in the effort to distract both the media and Trump-supporters from the actual story.

This year, Nunes laid his second great claim to historical infamy by ordering up the four-page #ReleaseTheMemo that purported to prove that Christopher Steele’s dossier, sponsored by Hillary Clinton, was the FBI’s sole rationale for launching an investigation into the Trump-Russia connection.

The fact that the memo showed exactly the opposite was a minor inconvenience; Memogate, like the original Nunes caper, became (and remains) a deadly effective weapon of mass distraction.

continued (it gets better)

https://www.rollingstone.com/politic...-nunes-202154/

Punishment for scammers and liars..your thoughts?

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Only if you are associated with Trump, even remotely, or by proxy.

I think you might be correct...

[kudzu]

Punishment for scammers and liars..your thoughts?

What is the modern day equivalent of being tarred, feathered and run out of town on a rail?

[countryboy]

I think you might be correct...

Wait for it.....

[kudzu]

Only if you are associated with Trump, even remotely, or by proxy.

I am pretty sure Devin Nunes had he security clearance revoked. Remember that Trump cheated his employees, investors, contractors, vendors and wives.

Maybe Nunes is a poor judge of character.

[Phantasmal]

I am pretty sure Devin Nunes had he security clearance revoked. Remember that Trump cheated his employees, investors, contractors, vendors and wives.

Maybe Nunes is a poor judge of character.

He had his TS/SCI clearance revoked.

[kudzu]

He had his TS/SCI clearance revoked.

That's what I thought..

What's this RICO case against Trump?