Unreported: Main target of Steele ‘dossier’ exonerated

Unreported: Main target of Steele ‘dossier’ exonerated

by WorldTribune Staff, April 19, 2019 Among the more underreported takeaways from the Mueller report involved Trump campaign associate Carter Page and ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. Page, who had been accused felonious acts in the anti-Trump dossier, was exonerated by Mueller’s report. “The investigation did not establish that Page coordinated with the Russian government in its efforts […]

Testimony: McCain aide leaked ‘dossier’ to NPR, Bernstein, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BuzzFeed

Testimony: McCain aide leaked ‘dossier’ to NPR, Bernstein, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BuzzFeed

by WorldTribune Staff, March 15, 2019 A former aide to Sen. John McCain testified he leaked the anti-Trump dossier to several media outlets. David Kramer made the revelation during testimony in a libel lawsuit brought by Russian businessman Aleksej Gubarev against BuzzFeed, which first published in full the dossier by ex-British spy Christopher Steele. Gubarev […]

Out of control: U.S. media under pressure after major errors with inflammatory impact

Out of control: U.S. media under pressure after major errors with inflammatory impact

by WorldTribune Staff, January 22, 2019 The major media are or should be reeling after two major blunders in a matter of days. Then again, news consumers frequenting these outlets may not even be aware. After BuzzFeed’s story which claimed President Trump had instructed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress was debunked by the special […]

NY Times backs unsealing of ‘dossier’ allegations; Russian entrepreneur claims ‘smear campaign’

NY Times backs unsealing of ‘dossier’ allegations; Russian entrepreneur claims ‘smear campaign’

by WorldTribune Staff, November 28, 2018 The New York Times has asked a U.S. District Court in Miami to unseal a section of the unverified anti-Trump “dossier” which accuses a Russian entrepreneur of taking part in the hacking of Democratic Party computers. The Times intervened in the case of Aleksej Gubarev, founder of Webzilla, who […]

Russian entrepreneur on mission to discover how, why he was targeted in ‘dossier’

Russian entrepreneur on mission to discover how, why he was targeted in ‘dossier’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 19, 2018 The Russian entrepreneur who founded Webzilla is intent on finding out how he was included in the unverified Trump dossier, which accused him of directly participating in the hacking of Democratic Party computers, a report said. Aleksej Gubarev was named in the dossier authored by ex-British spy Christopher Steele […]

Widow of reporter investigating Brennan doesn’t buy conspiracy theories

Widow of reporter investigating Brennan doesn’t buy conspiracy theories

by WorldTribune Staff, August 22, 2018 The death of an investigative journalist who was working on an article on former CIA Director John Brennan was likely a tragic accident, the journalist’s widow said. Michael Hastings, a writer for BuzzFeed, died in a fiery car crash in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on June […]

Major media outlets accused of intimidating Manafort jury

Major media outlets accused of intimidating Manafort jury

by WorldTribune Staff, August 19, 2018 CNN and six other major media outlets are being accused of attempting to intimidate the jury in former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s trial after the outlets sought to obtain the jurors’ names and home addresses. On Aug. 16, CNN, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Politico, The New York Times, NBC and The […]

Federal judge orders deposition of Clinton opposition research group in Russian’s libel suit

Federal judge orders deposition of Clinton opposition research group in Russian’s libel suit

by WorldTribune Staff, July 29, 2018 A federal judge in Miami is requiring the firm which played a major role in distributing the unverified Trump dossier to undergo a deposition in a libel suit filed by a Russian entrepreneur against the news site which first published Christopher Steele’s December 2016 memo in full. Judge Ursula […]

Report: BuzzFeed, FBI embraced, did not seek to verify Russia dossier

Report: BuzzFeed, FBI embraced, did not seek to verify Russia dossier

by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2018 None of the charges made in ex-British spy Christopher Steele’s so-called Trump dossier have been confirmed. Yet, BuzzFeed published the dossier and the FBI used it as a springboard to launch the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. And neither have been able to verify […]

Russian ‘dossier’ author changes his tune on intel’s veracity

Russian ‘dossier’ author changes his tune on intel’s veracity

by WorldTribune Staff, December 22, 2017 The “trusted” sources Christopher Steele said he used in composing the Trump “dossier” have become a lot less reliable since the ex-British spy was called to defend himself in a libel lawsuit. While Steele in 2016 seemed confident that collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government took […]