John Podesta and whichever small army of staffers is currently tweeting as @HillaryClinton would really appreciate if everyone could just turn their attention to CNBC for a minute. Not the cable channel, the website … no one knows what channel CNBC’s on anyway and there’s no time to search.
My latest: Source: FBI Dir. Comey opposed naming Russians as interfering in US, because it was too close to election:https://t.co/0G4mpcEMzs
— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) October 31, 2016
Interesting that @SenatorReid & @johnpodesta both made same claim prior to you writing this citing an unnamed source…
— Condor (@condorianflex) October 31, 2016
It seems the mainstream media that’s been working overtime to influence the election has been sitting on some important information, and Podesta is shocked — shocked! — that it took CNBC to reveal this bombshell.
Shocking to think that Americans didn't deserve this information before Election Day. https://t.co/5LC8LG1Jhy
— John Podesta (@johnpodesta) October 31, 2016
Wow, everyone at Camp Clinton is retweeting this incredible, shocking bombshell.
Bombshell.https://t.co/Ux2aGyhnhb
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 31, 2016
Dang, that is incredible! An unnamed former FBI official told CNBC that some unnamed government insiders are perplexed that Comey would suddenly overcome his previous “timing concerns” about Russia when it came to new evidence possibly damaging to Hillary.
Even “Hillary Clinton” finds these revelations incredible. Either that, or she thinks it’s incredible her campaign’s having to link to an article on CNBC at this stage of the game, when she’s used to having willing surrogates in the press place stories fed to them by her campaign.
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Incredible. https://t.co/zBqO2HTiP4 pic.twitter.com/w7pkIVqd1p
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/gradearadio/status/793184818649501696
Seems a bit desperate, doesn’t it? Sure, reporters quote anonymous sources all the time … but campaigns aren’t usually so eager to retweet those reports.
In short, don’t trust the head of the FBI until he agrees to go public with what could be evidence in an ongoing criminal investigation; instead, place your trust in this single unnamed source.
https://twitter.com/TPCarney/status/793183624367579137
Is @SenatorReid the source? https://t.co/tMqDtPczwO
— Anthony DeRosa? (@Anthony) October 31, 2016
It’s probably Harry Reid’s friend. That guy, he knows some things.
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/793178685989801985
A single unnamed source who does not work at the FBI. LOL
— DC Dude (@DCDude1776) October 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/Shanipedia/status/793187903903899649
“Comey shouldn’t have put that out there without clarifying!”
hey, one anonymous source says Trump is a Putin stooge
"Tweet it!!!"
— Anthony DeRosa? (@Anthony) October 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/americanpio/status/793184777474039809
Clinton Crisis Playbook Step 1: Attack the messenger, make it about the messenger!
— MyInnerThoughts (@MyInnerThought3) October 31, 2016
https://twitter.com/DanSWright/status/793182940318535680
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Update:
That didn’t take long. Now the Huffington Post is confirming that a single anonymous source did talk to CNBC.
Source confirms, Comey opposed pinpointing Russia as meddling in the election citing concerns about timing https://t.co/LhU5S5pmAc
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 31, 2016
In fairness, this is one anonymous source. This report is as irresponsible as Comey's letter (not to mention reporting about it)
— Pé Resists (@4everNeverTrump) October 31, 2016
Important note on this story: The report’s source is a single anonymous FORMER FBI official.
— The Bad Guy (@Zahhoy) October 31, 2016
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