Biden campaign warns media about spreading 'malicious and conclusively debunked' claims during trial

[RandySF]

oe Biden’s presidential campaign issued a memo Monday warning journalists not to spread debunked claims about the former vice president’s push to remove a corrupt prosecutor in Ukraine.

The memo comes just days ahead of the Senate impeachment trial, during which Republicans are likely to push the theory as they seek to defend President Trump.

The Biden campaign said Trump’s efforts to spread the theory is the reason the president is being impeached and said it would be “malpractice” for journalists to reference the allegations without also saying that they’ve been debunked, according to a copy of the memo obtained by The Hill.

“[Trump’s] objective was to pressure the Ukrainian government into spreading a malicious and conclusively debunked conspiracy theory: that Vice President Biden engaged in wrongdoing when he executed official United States policy to remove a corrupt prosecutor from office,” communications director Kate Bedingfield wrote in a memo to reporters and editors.




https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/479052-biden-campaign-warns-media-about-spreading-malicious-and-conclusively

[Thekaspervote]

1. We'll see what they say. At this point, I have a lot of faith that Biden can handle it if they do

Go negative. He’s shown so much inner strength and fortitude to deal with all they have thrown his way already

[emmaverybo]

2. So agree. He has shown the good stuff he is made of, not just decency, but determination, nerve,

grit.

[Thekaspervote]

3. +1000