The journalist in question, Lawrence O'Donnell, did not lie. He reported, without confirmation, something he had been told. He made it clear, at the time, that he was reporting something unconfirmed. Reporting unconfirmed information of this type apparently violated the standards of his employer. The source of the information O'Donnell reported, if it turns out to be wrong, should be of great interest. It's seems unlikely to be true that Trump had a Russian Co-signer, as loans of the types given Trump by Deutsche Bank would normally not have a co-signer. That is why i was so circumspect in my post above. I have posted many times that when something is said or claimed that seems preposterous or unlikely to be true, it probably isn't. Well, in this situation, and considering all we know for sure about Trump, I wouldn't say the claim that Trump had a Russian cosigner is not preposterous, but it does seem unlikely. We will probably know the truth soon enough.
Journalistic malpractice. A reckless disregard for professional ethics and procedures. Eager to get a story out that fits his agenda rather than the facts. Journalism 101 FAIL. Fortunately for him, his lefterrhoid viewers such as you have a lot of verbal diarrhea at the ready to help him. If CNN had the same low poltical hack standards that MSNBC does, they would eventually end out hiring a serial liar like Andrew McCabe. Oh wait...nevermind.
Mueller found multiple Russian links to Trump's campaign. He abstained from investigating business ties. O'Donnell did not say his story is false, simply remains unverified.
So Journalism now has devolved into saying whatever comes out your ass is potentially true just unverified..... guess if you just leave it at that one can continue to “flung dung” and all is fine. If Mueller had found “anything” it would have come out and rest assured he looked at everything. You’re assumptions stink of crap just like O’Donnell’s reporting.
Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Jr. is an American television pundit, actor, and host of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, an MSNBC opinion and news program, airing weeknights. When was the last time a right wing pundit apologized for a lie, let alone an unverified story? Oh, that's right, they lie for a living Deutsche Bank could've blown this reporting out of the water, they decided not to comment instead. Mueller found multiple links to Russians, he decided not to pursue business ties. In other words, don't blame the man for not doing what y'all feared him of doing, looking for any crime.
If he found multiple links and decided not to pursue them, it was because he knew they led NOWHERE. Your insinuations are the same as O’Donnell - Making facts out of crap. If Mueller though for one second he had the goods he would have pounced on Trump. Isn’t that what y’all wanted him to do, looking for any crime?
It could be O'Donnell saving face. He says he's got a single source, he's got more credibility than Trump. It doesn't matter what we wanted Mueller to do, he was free to pursue financial crimes, his mandate allowed it, he decided to do what y'all wanted him to do, and not pursue those. He said so himself more than once, I'm not even sure why we're even debating this.