CNN’s Jake Tapper and analyst Asha Rangappa purposely lied about Scooter Libby in an effort to attack Trump.
Here are their tweets.
And the CIA. Scooter Libby revealed the identity of a clandestine CIA officer, putting her and her sources in danger. https://t.co/rviaHeh5lM
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) April 13, 2018
Um…Scooter Libby is a proven LEAKER & LIAR who leaked CLASSIFIED information and was prosecuted. And you’re going to pardon him. 🤔 https://t.co/9xe1UVedNx
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) April 13, 2018
Now, Jake Tapper’s tweet:
Calling @Comey a “proven LEAKER & LIAR†while you’re about to pardon Scooter Libby, who leaked the identity of a covert CIA employee and was convicted for lying about it to the FBI — well, that’s quite a thing.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 13, 2018
Of course, CNN’s own reporting debunks these tweets.
Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage acknowledged Thursday that he was the source who first revealed the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame to syndicated columnist Robert Novak back in 2003, touching off a federal investigation.
Armitage told the CBS Evening News that he did so inadvertently.
“I feel terrible,” Armitage said. “Every day, I think, I let down the president. I let down the secretary of state. I let down my department, my family, and I also let down Mr. and Mrs. Wilson.”
In a column published on July 14, 2003, Novak, citing two senior administration officials, noted that Plame was a CIA operative. The column was primarily about Plame’s husband, Joe Wilson, a former career diplomat and critic of the intelligence underlying the invasion of Iraq.
What’s crazy is that Jake Tapper admits this in a following tweet
Armitage leaked it too — and first I think
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 13, 2018
This was nothing more than an attempt to bash Trump due to the fact he took to Twitter early Friday morning to attack James Comey.
James Comey is a proven LEAKER & LIAR. Virtually everyone in Washington thought he should be fired for the terrible job he did-until he was, in fact, fired. He leaked CLASSIFIED information, for which he should be prosecuted. He lied to Congress under OATH. He is a weak and…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 13, 2018
….untruthful slime ball who was, as time has proven, a terrible Director of the FBI. His handling of the Crooked Hillary Clinton case, and the events surrounding it, will go down as one of the worst “botch jobs†of history. It was my great honor to fire James Comey!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 13, 2018
As CNN themselves reported Libby was never charged with leaking.
While no one has been indicted for actually leaking Plame’s identity, Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, has been charged with perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators for allegedly giving false information about his discussions with journalists about Plame.
Libby has denied any wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty.
Yesterday it was reported that Trump was poised to give Scooter Libby a Presidental Pardon.
