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For anyone wondering this was a political attack; the FBI agent was going after a pro-Trump Arkansas State Senator. The article doesn’t mention the FBI agent’s

For anyone wondering this was a political attack; the FBI agent was going after a pro-Trump Arkansas State Senator. The article doesn’t mention the FBI agent’s motive which is surprising given the context of this case plus other recent events with the FBI Here’s a better article on the topic https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/fbi-agent-pleads-guilty-destroying-evidence-frame-pro-trump-political-prisoner/ https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/08/fbi-agent-pleads-gu...

encryptluks2 4y ago
I can't take anyone seriously that posts links to a far-right fake news website notorious for pushing false narratives.
- guywithahat 4y ago
  It's The Gateway Pundit, there's nothing wrong with them. More importantly however is there's nothing in that article which isn't true, and it contains important context unlike the original article
  - encryptluks2 4y ago
    Just the title in itself is false. They are not a political prisoner. Maybe search up the case on Pacer and do your own research.
  - mikeyouse 4y ago
    Something can include facts but also extremely misleading. This "pro Trump" State Senator who the GP website is going to bat for was arrested for crimes he committed long before Trump was elected -- the kickbacks took place from 2012 - 2016, and his co-conspirators were other former State Senators who ratted him out. The FBI was interviewing his co-conspirators in October 2015 which is ~9 months before Trump won the GOP nomination and over a year before he was elected. Tying 2015 activity by the Missouri field office of the FBI to some sort of FBI vendetta against people who supported Trump is the dumbest thing I've read in awhile, which is generally why nobody should read the Gateway Pundit.
  - p_j_w 4y ago
    >It's The Gateway Pundit, there's nothing wrong with them. There is actually a great deal wrong with them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit#False_stories_and_conspiracy_theories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit#False_stori...
    - SamReidHughes 4y ago
      The rap sheet there is shorter than the New York Times's.
acdha 4y ago
Gateway Pundit is a propaganda outfit with a long history of pushing hoaxes, conspiracy theories and outright lies[1]. It’s possible that what you’re claiming is factual but you really need a reliable source. 1. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit
- guywithahat 4y ago
  I like Wikipedia for some things but you shouldn't forget it's a social media site where users (and people paid to influence politics) write articles. The most common IP addresses for editing articles are in Washington DC, and people who spend their lives editing articles aren't necessarily doing it for fun, they're doing it to influence things (in the same way Ghislaine Maxwell was an influential reddit mod)
  - cmeacham98 4y ago
    Are you conceding that everything in that article's "False stories and conspiracy theories" section is true? Because I don't see you calling anything out as false. The stuff in there is bad enough it makes The Gateway Pundit look like fake news regardless of the bias of the person(s) who wrote it (assuming it is true).
SamReidHughes 4y ago
This article doesn't mention the FBI agent's motive either. Nor does it provide any evidence that this is a political attack; it's not like you can impute that solely from the fact that the target has a political stance. It is a better article, if you can ignore the hyperbolic spin, in that it links to more information -- the fact this was known at the original trial, and the appeals court being quoted, "the evidence the agent destroyed lacked exculpatory value and the information was available by other means".

encryptluks2 4y ago

I can't take anyone seriously that posts links to a far-right fake news website notorious for pushing false narratives.

guywithahat 4y ago
It's The Gateway Pundit, there's nothing wrong with them. More importantly however is there's nothing in that article which isn't true, and it contains important context unlike the original article
- encryptluks2 4y ago
  Just the title in itself is false. They are not a political prisoner. Maybe search up the case on Pacer and do your own research.
- mikeyouse 4y ago
  Something can include facts but also extremely misleading. This "pro Trump" State Senator who the GP website is going to bat for was arrested for crimes he committed long before Trump was elected -- the kickbacks took place from 2012 - 2016, and his co-conspirators were other former State Senators who ratted him out. The FBI was interviewing his co-conspirators in October 2015 which is ~9 months before Trump won the GOP nomination and over a year before he was elected. Tying 2015 activity by the Missouri field office of the FBI to some sort of FBI vendetta against people who supported Trump is the dumbest thing I've read in awhile, which is generally why nobody should read the Gateway Pundit.
- p_j_w 4y ago
  >It's The Gateway Pundit, there's nothing wrong with them. There is actually a great deal wrong with them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit#False_stories_and_conspiracy_theories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit#False_stori...
  - SamReidHughes 4y ago
    The rap sheet there is shorter than the New York Times's.

acdha 4y ago

Gateway Pundit is a propaganda outfit with a long history of pushing hoaxes, conspiracy theories and outright lies[1]. It’s possible that what you’re claiming is factual but you really need a reliable source. 1. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit

guywithahat 4y ago
I like Wikipedia for some things but you shouldn't forget it's a social media site where users (and people paid to influence politics) write articles. The most common IP addresses for editing articles are in Washington DC, and people who spend their lives editing articles aren't necessarily doing it for fun, they're doing it to influence things (in the same way Ghislaine Maxwell was an influential reddit mod)
- cmeacham98 4y ago
  Are you conceding that everything in that article's "False stories and conspiracy theories" section is true? Because I don't see you calling anything out as false. The stuff in there is bad enough it makes The Gateway Pundit look like fake news regardless of the bias of the person(s) who wrote it (assuming it is true).

SamReidHughes 4y ago

This article doesn't mention the FBI agent's motive either. Nor does it provide any evidence that this is a political attack; it's not like you can impute that solely from the fact that the target has a political stance. It is a better article, if you can ignore the hyperbolic spin, in that it links to more information -- the fact this was known at the original trial, and the appeals court being quoted, "the evidence the agent destroyed lacked exculpatory value and the information was available by other means".