On 4/23/2015 10:47 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:




ThinkProgress Report: Schweizer Admits He Cannot Prove Allegations In
Clinton Cash; ThinkProgress Finds First Embarrassing Error: Schweizer
Cites A Hoax Press Release


Peter Schweizer's Clinton Cash reportedly does not prove its speculative
attacks on the Clintons and even relies on a hoax press release to
support a claim, according to ThinkProgress.

Clinton Cash will be released on May 5, and media reports have already
hyped the book's supposed revelations about connections between Hillary
Clinton's time as secretary of state, donations to the Clinton
Foundation, and paid speeches given by the Clintons.

According to ThinkProgress, which obtained an advance copy of the book,
"Schweizer makes clear that he does not intend to present a smoking gun":

Schweizer makes clear that he does not intend to present a smoking
gun, despite the media speculation. The book relies heavily on timing,
stitching together the dates of donations to the Clinton Foundation and
Bill Clinton's speaking fees with actions by the State Department.

Schweizer explains he cannot prove the allegations, leaving that up
to investigative journalists and possibly law enforcement. "Short of
someone involved coming forward to give sworn testimony, we don't know
what might or might not have been said in private conversations, the
exact nature of the transition, or why people in power make the decision
they do," he writes. Later, he concludes, "We cannot ultimately know
what goes on in their minds and ultimately provide the links between the
money they took and the benefits that subsequently accrued to
themselves, their friends, and their associates."

ThinkProgress details several of Schweizer's claims, and highlights one
major error already found in the book. According to the site, Schweizer
at one point uses a press release to bolster one of his many speculative
claims, citing it to suggest there may have been a link between a
private company that was paying Bill Clinton for speeches (and which
supposedly issued the press release) and a State Department report
released when Hillary Clinton was secretary. However, ThinkProgress
notes, the press release Schweizer cites was revealed as a hoax back in
2013.

This apparently sloppy sourcing from Schweizer is nothing new. As Media
Matters extensively documented, Schweizer's career as a Republican
activist and researcher is riddled with errors, retractions, and
investigations that find his facts "do not check out" and his sources
"do not exist." Our analysis found at least 10 separate incidents in
which journalists called out Schweizer for his botched reporting.



Eisboch's favorite investigative reporter...

You read Think Progress? No wonder you are so ignorant.

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"I'm not to blame anymore for the atmosphere in here.
I've been "born again" as a nice guy."