Memorandum
To: Television ProducersFrom: Tim MurtaughDirector of Communications, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.Date: March 25, 2019Regarding: Credibility of Certain GuestsAs you know, Special Counsel Robert Mueller
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s report found that no one associated withPresident Donald J. Trump
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s 2016 campaign colluded with Russia, despite repeated offers fromRussia-linked operatives. The Special Counsel also made no recommendation on obstruction,which is a decision in itself. Using the information provided by Mueller, the Attorney Generaland Deputy Attorney General determined that there was no obstruction. This is all the result ofthe Special Counsel
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s 2,800 subpoenas, 500 search warrants, 500 witness interviews, 40 FBIagents, 19 lawyers, and $25 million in taxpayer funds. The only way to interpret theseconclusions is as a total and complete vindication of President Trump.The issuance of these definitive findings comes after two years of Democrat leaders and otherslying to the American people by vigorously and repeatedly claiming there was evidence ofcollusion. They made many of these false claims, without evidence, on your airwaves.The list of guests who made outlandish, false claims includes, but is not limited to:
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT):
“
The evidence is pretty clear that there wascollision between the Trump campaign and the Russians
…”
(MSNBC,
“
All In,
”
10/17/18)
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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA):
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I think there
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s plenty of evidence of collusion orconspiracy in plain sight.
”
(
“
CBS This Morning,
”
8/5/18)
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Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY):
“
There was obviously a lot of collusion. The question ishow high. Every day we
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every day
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every so often we get new information aboutinvolvement.
”
(CNN,
“
Erin Burnett OutFront,
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10/27/17)
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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA):
“In our
investigation, we saw strong evidence ofcollusion.
”
(CNN,
“Wol
f,
” 3/16/18)
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DNC Chairman Tom Perez:
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And over the course of the last year we have seen, Ithink, a mountain of evidence of collusion between the campaign and the Russians tobasically affect our democracy.
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(NBC,
“Meet the Press,” 4/22/18)
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Former CIA Director John Brennan:
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I called his behavior treasonous which is tobetray one's trust and to aiding and abet the enemy and I stand very much by thatclaim.
”
(NBC,
“
Meet the Press,
” 8/19/18)
Moving forward, we ask that you employ basic journalistic standards when booking such gueststo appear anywhere in your universe of productions. You should begin by asking the basicquestion:
“Does this guest warrant fu
rther appearances in our programming, given theoutrageous and unsupported claims made in the past?
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At a minimum, if these guests do reappear, you should replay the prior statements and challengethem to provide the evidence which prompted them to make the wild claims in the first place.The American people have been bombarded by these accusations, through the media, for twolong years. They have been told that their legitimately elected president had colluded withRussias
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a claim proven to be false. At this point, there must be introspection from the mediawho facilitated the reckless statements and a serious evaluation of how such guests areconsidered and handled in the futur
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