Mueller's press conference on conspiracy theorists

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "WASHINGTON – "People, if anyone has questions about the inflatable rat …""data-reactid =" 22 ">WASHINGTON – "People, if anyone has questions about the inflatable rat …"

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "It's the start, courtesy of a party joker, of a nasty press conference held in northern Virginia, during which two conservative activists revealed what they (but few others) considered credible allegations of rape against the special lawyer Robert Mueller, who is conducting an investigation. potential collusion between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia. "data-reactid =" 23 ">It's the start, courtesy of a party joker, of a nasty press conference held in northern Virginia, during which two conservative activists revealed what they (but few others) considered credible allegations of rape against the special lawyer Robert Mueller, who is conducting an investigation. potential collusion between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "The charges failed to convince some 30 members of the press gathered in a dull conference room of the Holiday Inn to hear both activists, Jack Burkman, a seasoned Republican operator, and Jacob Wohl, a pro-Trump, 20 years old. writer for Gateway Pundit, a right-wing news site accused of disseminating misinformation."data-reactid =" 24 ">The charges failed to convince some 30 members of the press gathered in a dull conference room of the Holiday Inn to hear both activists, Jack Burkman, a seasoned Republican operator, and Jacob Wohl, a pro-Trump, 20 years old. writer for Gateway Pundit, a right-wing news site accused of disseminating misinformation.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "On August 2, 2010, Mueller, then director of the FBI, reportedly met a woman named Carolyne Cass at the bar of the St. Regis Hotel in Manhattan. After having initially rejected his advances, Cass would have succumbed and would have gone with Mueller in his room on the 19th floor. According to an affidavit distributed by Burkman and Wohl, he allegedly committed "aggressive rape". He reportedly threatened Cass to remain silent on the attack by reminding him that he was "a very powerful police officer"."data-reactid =" 25 ">On August 2, 2010, Mueller, then director of the FBI, reportedly met a woman named Carolyne Cass at the bar of the St. Regis Hotel in Manhattan. After having initially rejected his advances, Cass would have succumbed and would have gone with Mueller in his room on the 19th floor. According to an affidavit distributed by Burkman and Wohl, he allegedly committed "aggressive rape". He reportedly threatened Cass to remain silent on the attack by reminding him that he was "a very powerful police officer".

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Cass herself was not present at the press conference, and Burkman and Wohl would not reveal the details of where she was, citing security concerns. But they said that they had approached her claims with "extreme skepticism," as Burkman said, only to be convinced that she was telling the truth."data-reactid =" 26 ">Cass herself was not present at the press conference, and Burkman and Wohl would not reveal the details of where she was, citing security concerns. But they said that they had approached her claims with "extreme skepticism," as Burkman said, only to be convinced that she was telling the truth.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Mueller firmly denied the accusations. Earlier this week, he contacted the FBI Saying that he was aware that women were being offered money to concoct stories about him. In response to Yahoo News' questions, Peter Carr, spokesman for the Mueller investigators team, referred to a statement he had issued Tuesday: "When we have learned last week that allegations had been made, women would have received money to make false allegations about special counseling. , we immediately returned the case to the FBI for investigation. ""data-reactid =" 27 ">Mueller firmly denied the accusations. Earlier this week, he contacted the FBI Saying that he was aware that women were being offered money to concoct stories about him. In response to Yahoo News' questions, Peter Carr, spokesman for the Mueller investigators team, referred to a statement he had issued Tuesday: "When we have learned last week that allegations had been made, women would have received money to make false allegations about special counseling. , we immediately returned the case to the FBI for investigation. "

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "After mocking social networks and nightly comedies these past two days, Mueller's accusers failed to substantiate their case on Thursday, nor to refute the idea that they were trying to to harm Mueller to protect Trump. While they were talking and participating in a lively Q & A session with reporters, a giant balloon depicting President Trump as a rodent was visible through a window overlooking the parking lot underneath. The balloon rat activist, Claude Taylor, joked with the assembled reporters that he only wanted to contribute to the "clown show" to follow."data-reactid =" 28 ">After mocking social networks and nightly comedies these past two days, Mueller's accusers failed to substantiate their case on Thursday, nor to refute the idea that they were trying to to harm Mueller to protect Trump. While they were talking and participating in a lively Q & A session with reporters, a giant balloon depicting President Trump as a rodent was visible through a window overlooking the parking lot underneath. The balloon rat activist, Claude Taylor, joked with the assembled reporters that he only wanted to contribute to the "clown show" to follow.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "The next 40 minutes, however, were closer to a comedy of errors, while Wohl and Burkman had trouble spelling out the first name of their accuser – there was a confusion about whether it was "Carolyn" and "Carolyne" – and to refute more widely claims that they perpetuated a hoax, and not particularly convincing."data-reactid =" 29 ">The next 40 minutes, however, were closer to a comedy of errors, while Wohl and Burkman had trouble spelling out the first name of their accuser – there was a confusion about whether it was "Carolyn" and "Carolyne" – and to refute more widely claims that they perpetuated a hoax, and not particularly convincing.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "The evidence of a hoax is strong. For his part, Mueller was in Washington, DC, where he sat on a jury the day that Wohl and Burkman declared that he was in New York. And as director of the FBI, it is unlikely that he would have been drinking in a bar without the presence of his security guard. "data-reactid =" 30 ">The evidence of a hoax is strong. For his part, Mueller was in Washington, DC, where he sat on a jury the day that Wohl and Burkman declared that he was in New York. And as director of the FBI, it is unlikely that he would have been drinking in a bar without the presence of his security guard.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "At times, the press conference rocked into the absurd, as when Burkman called Wohl, 20, a "child prodigy who eclipsed Mozart." Burkman also suggested that Wohl had an "honorary degree" from Harvard Law. He does not do."data-reactid =" 31 ">At times, the press conference rocked into the absurd, as when Burkman called Wohl, 20, a "child prodigy who eclipsed Mozart." Burkman also suggested that Wohl had an "honorary degree" from Harvard Law. He does not do.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "A tweet from an observer journalist revealed that the Burkman's fly had been unzipped for the duration of the case.. "data-reactid =" 32 ">A tweet from an observer journalist revealed that the Burkman's fly had been unzipped for the duration of the case..

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Wohl opened the press conference noting that his "default position" was "not to believe women", a reference to the allegations against powerful men throughout the #MeToo movement. He then reiterated this point by questioning the credibility of Christine Blasey Ford, a professor in northern California, who had been charged with sexual assault on Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings before the Supreme Court."data-reactid =" 33 ">Wohl opened the press conference noting that his "default position" was "not to believe women", a reference to the allegations against powerful men throughout the #MeToo movement. He then reiterated this point by questioning the credibility of Christine Blasey Ford, a professor in northern California, who had been charged with sexual assault on Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings before the Supreme Court.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = ""We thoroughly examined every detail of his allegation," Wohl says about the accuser missing Mueller, refusing to say how he did it. "The accusation was credible." "data-reactid =" 34 ">"We thoroughly examined every detail of his allegation," Wohl says about the accuser missing Mueller, refusing to say how he did it. "The accusation was credible."

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "A hedge fund managerWohl recently declared himself a rare Trump evangelist in Los Angeles. In order to discredit Mueller, he also took on the appearance of a private investigator by creating a fake company, Surefire Intelligence (the papers submitted by Wohl and Burkman were apparently compiled by Surefire). LinkedIn Accounts for alleged Surefire Intelligence employees, photographs of Bar Refaeli, the Israeli model, and actor Christoph Waltz were used. A reporter who called a phone number associated with Surefire was directed a voicemail for Wohl's mother."data-reactid =" 35 ">A hedge fund managerWohl recently declared himself a rare Trump evangelist in Los Angeles. In order to discredit Mueller, he also took on the appearance of a private investigator by creating a fake company, Surefire Intelligence (the papers submitted by Wohl and Burkman were apparently compiled by Surefire). LinkedIn Accounts for alleged Surefire Intelligence employees, photographs of Bar Refaeli, the Israeli model, and actor Christoph Waltz were used. A reporter who called a phone number associated with Surefire was directed a voicemail for Wohl's mother.