Politico: Secret Service got involved in Hunter Biden gun case

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Biden is a failure as a father.

He keeps making excuses for his deeply destructive and criminal son. He’s also a failure as a decent human being.

You guys sure are on top of the important issues.

You keep worrying about Biden’s parenting and all the normals will be over here, in actually policy land, focusing on the substantive issues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP here.....

Wondering if any reporter will ask Joe about this, or any of the other scandals surrounding Hunter at Joe's first press conference today.

Considering that Politico's "sources" are two random, unidentified people and that the Secret Service has no record of it, I doubt it.

This is embarrassing muckraking. Make sure you read the entire story to find the fact that the gun store owner never talked to the Politico reporter.

No, he talked to police and FBI and police reports were used to source the news story.

Read it again, the story doesn't say that.

"While police questioned Hunter and Hallie, two Secret Service agents arrived at the store where Hunter had purchased the gun, StarQuest Shooters & Survival Supply in Wilmington, according to the two people familiar with the incident. The agents showed their badges and identification cards to Palmieri, the store’s owner, and asked to take possession of the Firearms Transaction Record that Hunter had filled out to buy the gun earlier that month, according to the people familiar with the incident."

Politico's only sources here are two people they've allowed to remain anonymous without providing any reason for doing so.

Congrats! You've been manipulated by the fake news.

The sources are definitely people connected to the gun shop - the owner(s), employees, or their immediate family members. Of course they will leak stuff about Hunter - who do you think they supported in the 2020 election?

A bunch of gossiping gun rights yentas. Surely they can't have an agenda...

The sources are people who know what happened and are connected to the gun shop and that’s “fake news?”

PP here - my point is we don't know who the sources are because Politico chose to keep them anonymous and has not provided any description of who they are - i.e.- law enforcement or federal agents or employees. One source is supposedly someone with "firsthand" knowledge of what happened in the gun store and the other one is someone who was "briefed" by "a" Secret Service Agent after the fact.

There's no context of who the sources are or why these sources are being afforded anonymity. So they could be anyone or no one. There's also no corroborating information that Secret Service actually visited the gun shop. The gun shop owner didn't speak to Politico and the Secret Service says they have no record of any involvement. And yet the story is written to make it sound like the gun shop owner is providing this information about the interaction to Politico even including that the gun shop owner suspected the Secret Service was trying to take the paperwork in an effort to hide Hunter Biden's ownership of the gun. Which a) is stupid. The police already knew it was his gun - both he and his girlfriend talked to the police and he went and got the gun case.

Go back and read the story really carefully and look where they weave tidbits in to make it look like someone other than their two anonymous sources provided information about alleged Secret Service involvement. It's well done and very much intended to create a narrative that there's very little support for.

You people believed the pee pee Trump story. You believed the Steele Dossier. You believed Avenatti. You believed Cuomo. THIS, to you, is questionable as

Yeah, the pee pee story wasn’t disproven. The Steele dossier is full of factual info. Cuomo can get fired. That’s fine. Other than that you have a shallow argeumenr.

[Anonymous]

So far the major points of contention on here are that Biden’s son did drugs. You guys are reaching.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here.....

Wondering if any reporter will ask Joe about this, or any of the other scandals surrounding Hunter at Joe's first press conference today.

Considering that Politico's "sources" are two random, unidentified people and that the Secret Service has no record of it, I doubt it.

This is embarrassing muckraking. Make sure you read the entire story to find the fact that the gun store owner never talked to the Politico reporter.

No, he talked to police and FBI and police reports were used to source the news story.

Read it again, the story doesn't say that.

"While police questioned Hunter and Hallie, two Secret Service agents arrived at the store where Hunter had purchased the gun, StarQuest Shooters & Survival Supply in Wilmington, according to the two people familiar with the incident. The agents showed their badges and identification cards to Palmieri, the store’s owner, and asked to take possession of the Firearms Transaction Record that Hunter had filled out to buy the gun earlier that month, according to the people familiar with the incident."

Politico's only sources here are two people they've allowed to remain anonymous without providing any reason for doing so.

Congrats! You've been manipulated by the fake news.

The sources are definitely people connected to the gun shop - the owner(s), employees, or their immediate family members. Of course they will leak stuff about Hunter - who do you think they supported in the 2020 election?

A bunch of gossiping gun rights yentas. Surely they can't have an agenda...

The sources are people who know what happened and are connected to the gun shop and that’s “fake news?”

Why do you trust these anonymous sources?

But anonymous sources when it came to Trump coverage were gospel?

Ok.

They clearly weren’t to you. Look at you telling on yourself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Biden is a failure as a father.

He keeps making excuses for his deeply destructive and criminal son. He’s also a failure as a decent human being.

And, no doubt, you would rather your daughter Orange Man. Get real!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here.....

Wondering if any reporter will ask Joe about this, or any of the other scandals surrounding Hunter at Joe's first press conference today.

Why on earth is Biden supposed to answer for this? Go ask Hunter FFS! When you're at a board meeting do you expect someone to ask for a report on why your kid got suspended form high school?

If I sent my security to deal with the aftermath of my child’s illegal activities and then didn’t disclose it? Also, Hunter is way past high school. He’s an adult.

What illegal activity? His daughter-in-law disposed of a gun incorrectly?

Please, keep defending this with your absurdities. It helps show who you are.

While no doubt a strange story, I fail to see what law was broken. Gun disposal, maybe. I have no idea what the laws in Delaware are on gun disposal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here.....

Wondering if any reporter will ask Joe about this, or any of the other scandals surrounding Hunter at Joe's first press conference today.

Considering that Politico's "sources" are two random, unidentified people and that the Secret Service has no record of it, I doubt it.

This is embarrassing muckraking. Make sure you read the entire story to find the fact that the gun store owner never talked to the Politico reporter.

No, he talked to police and FBI and police reports were used to source the news story.

Read it again, the story doesn't say that.

"While police questioned Hunter and Hallie, two Secret Service agents arrived at the store where Hunter had purchased the gun, StarQuest Shooters & Survival Supply in Wilmington, according to the two people familiar with the incident. The agents showed their badges and identification cards to Palmieri, the store’s owner, and asked to take possession of the Firearms Transaction Record that Hunter had filled out to buy the gun earlier that month, according to the people familiar with the incident."

Politico's only sources here are two people they've allowed to remain anonymous without providing any reason for doing so.

Congrats! You've been manipulated by the fake news.

Politico leans left. You're admitting that left-leaning media creates "fake news"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here.....

Wondering if any reporter will ask Joe about this, or any of the other scandals surrounding Hunter at Joe's first press conference today.

Why on earth is Biden supposed to answer for this? Go ask Hunter FFS! When you're at a board meeting do you expect someone to ask for a report on why your kid got suspended form high school?

If I sent my security to deal with the aftermath of my child’s illegal activities and then didn’t disclose it? Also, Hunter is way past high school. He’s an adult.

What illegal activity? His daughter-in-law disposed of a gun incorrectly?

Please, keep defending this with your absurdities. It helps show who you are.

While no doubt a strange story, I fail to see what law was broken. Gun disposal, maybe. I have no idea what the laws in Delaware are on gun disposal.

Felony for lying on the ATF Form 4473 (drug use and reason for navy reserve discharge) and a class A misdemeanor for the improper disposal (equivalent to an unlicensed sale/transaction).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here.....

Wondering if any reporter will ask Joe about this, or any of the other scandals surrounding Hunter at Joe's first press conference today.

Why on earth is Biden supposed to answer for this? Go ask Hunter FFS! When you're at a board meeting do you expect someone to ask for a report on why your kid got suspended form high school?

If I sent my security to deal with the aftermath of my child’s illegal activities and then didn’t disclose it? Also, Hunter is way past high school. He’s an adult.

What illegal activity? His daughter-in-law disposed of a gun incorrectly?

Please, keep defending this with your absurdities. It helps show who you are.

While no doubt a strange story, I fail to see what law was broken. Gun disposal, maybe. I have no idea what the laws in Delaware are on gun disposal.

Felony for lying on the ATF Form 4473 (drug use and reason for navy reserve discharge) and a class A misdemeanor for the improper disposal (equivalent to an unlicensed sale/transaction).

ATF Form 4473:

Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?
Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.

Do you have proof that Hunter Biden’s drug use overlapped during the purchase of this firearm?

He had been addicted to drugs in the past. I have not seen verifiable proof that he was a drug user at this specific point in time.

Evidence. It’s a thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here.....

Wondering if any reporter will ask Joe about this, or any of the other scandals surrounding Hunter at Joe's first press conference today.

Considering that Politico's "sources" are two random, unidentified people and that the Secret Service has no record of it, I doubt it.

This is embarrassing muckraking. Make sure you read the entire story to find the fact that the gun store owner never talked to the Politico reporter.

No, he talked to police and FBI and police reports were used to source the news story.

Read it again, the story doesn't say that.

"While police questioned Hunter and Hallie, two Secret Service agents arrived at the store where Hunter had purchased the gun, StarQuest Shooters & Survival Supply in Wilmington, according to the two people familiar with the incident. The agents showed their badges and identification cards to Palmieri, the store’s owner, and asked to take possession of the Firearms Transaction Record that Hunter had filled out to buy the gun earlier that month, according to the people familiar with the incident."

Politico's only sources here are two people they've allowed to remain anonymous without providing any reason for doing so.

Congrats! You've been manipulated by the fake news.

The sources are definitely people connected to the gun shop - the owner(s), employees, or their immediate family members. Of course they will leak stuff about Hunter - who do you think they supported in the 2020 election?

A bunch of gossiping gun rights yentas. Surely they can't have an agenda...

The sources are people who know what happened and are connected to the gun shop and that’s “fake news?”

PP here - my point is we don't know who the sources are because Politico chose to keep them anonymous and has not provided any description of who they are - i.e.- law enforcement or federal agents or employees. One source is supposedly someone with "firsthand" knowledge of what happened in the gun store and the other one is someone who was "briefed" by "a" Secret Service Agent after the fact.

There's no context of who the sources are or why these sources are being afforded anonymity. So they could be anyone or no one. There's also no corroborating information that Secret Service actually visited the gun shop. The gun shop owner didn't speak to Politico and the Secret Service says they have no record of any involvement. And yet the story is written to make it sound like the gun shop owner is providing this information about the interaction to Politico even including that the gun shop owner suspected the Secret Service was trying to take the paperwork in an effort to hide Hunter Biden's ownership of the gun. Which a) is stupid. The police already knew it was his gun - both he and his girlfriend talked to the police and he went and got the gun case.

Go back and read the story really carefully and look where they weave tidbits in to make it look like someone other than their two anonymous sources provided information about alleged Secret Service involvement. It's well done and very much intended to create a narrative that there's very little support for.

You people believed the pee pee Trump story. You believed the Steele Dossier. You believed Avenatti. You believed Cuomo. THIS, to you, is questionable as

They also believe Cohen went to Prague. Some still do. They believed the story about Trump calling GA and telling them to "find votes." That was debunked a couple weeks ago when a tape of the call surfaced. Turned out the reporter was relying on a single source. They believed a bunch of crap that was poorly sourced and later debunked.

But, this story - they doubt because sources aren't named. Welcome to our world, liberals.

Can you point me to a source that explains the Georgia call’s being debunked? I haven’t heard anything about that. I thought the tape of the entire conversation was released months ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here.....

Wondering if any reporter will ask Joe about this, or any of the other scandals surrounding Hunter at Joe's first press conference today.

Why on earth is Biden supposed to answer for this? Go ask Hunter FFS! When you're at a board meeting do you expect someone to ask for a report on why your kid got suspended form high school?

If I sent my security to deal with the aftermath of my child’s illegal activities and then didn’t disclose it? Also, Hunter is way past high school. He’s an adult.

What illegal activity? His daughter-in-law disposed of a gun incorrectly?

Please, keep defending this with your absurdities. It helps show who you are.

While no doubt a strange story, I fail to see what law was broken. Gun disposal, maybe. I have no idea what the laws in Delaware are on gun disposal.

Felony for lying on the ATF Form 4473 (drug use and reason for navy reserve discharge) and a class A misdemeanor for the improper disposal (equivalent to an unlicensed sale/transaction).

ATF Form 4473:

Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?
Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.

Do you have proof that Hunter Biden’s drug use overlapped during the purchase of this firearm?

He had been addicted to drugs in the past. I have not seen verifiable proof that he was a drug user at this specific point in time.

Evidence. It’s a thing.

Once an addict, always an addict. It's the first thing everyone learns in rehab.

That's why at the start of every AA meeting, everyone says, "My name is Larlo and I'm an addict." Even if you're sober/clean for 50 years (which Hunter obviously wasn't), you're still an addict. NA meetings are the same. Addicts are addicts. For life.

Knowledge about the world. It's a thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here.....

Wondering if any reporter will ask Joe about this, or any of the other scandals surrounding Hunter at Joe's first press conference today.

Why on earth is Biden supposed to answer for this? Go ask Hunter FFS! When you're at a board meeting do you expect someone to ask for a report on why your kid got suspended form high school?

If I sent my security to deal with the aftermath of my child’s illegal activities and then didn’t disclose it? Also, Hunter is way past high school. He’s an adult.

What illegal activity? His daughter-in-law disposed of a gun incorrectly?

Please, keep defending this with your absurdities. It helps show who you are.

While no doubt a strange story, I fail to see what law was broken. Gun disposal, maybe. I have no idea what the laws in Delaware are on gun disposal.

Felony for lying on the ATF Form 4473 (drug use and reason for navy reserve discharge) and a class A misdemeanor for the improper disposal (equivalent to an unlicensed sale/transaction).

ATF Form 4473:

Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?
Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.

Do you have proof that Hunter Biden’s drug use overlapped during the purchase of this firearm?

He had been addicted to drugs in the past. I have not seen verifiable proof that he was a drug user at this specific point in time.

Evidence. It’s a thing.

This photo was from earlier in the year he bought the gun, seems a close enough timeframe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here.....

Wondering if any reporter will ask Joe about this, or any of the other scandals surrounding Hunter at Joe's first press conference today.

Why on earth is Biden supposed to answer for this? Go ask Hunter FFS! When you're at a board meeting do you expect someone to ask for a report on why your kid got suspended form high school?

If I sent my security to deal with the aftermath of my child’s illegal activities and then didn’t disclose it? Also, Hunter is way past high school. He’s an adult.

What illegal activity? His daughter-in-law disposed of a gun incorrectly?

Please, keep defending this with your absurdities. It helps show who you are.

While no doubt a strange story, I fail to see what law was broken. Gun disposal, maybe. I have no idea what the laws in Delaware are on gun disposal.

Felony for lying on the ATF Form 4473 (drug use and reason for navy reserve discharge) and a class A misdemeanor for the improper disposal (equivalent to an unlicensed sale/transaction).

ATF Form 4473:

Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?
Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside.

Do you have proof that Hunter Biden’s drug use overlapped during the purchase of this firearm?

He had been addicted to drugs in the past. I have not seen verifiable proof that he was a drug user at this specific point in time.

Evidence. It’s a thing.

This photo was from earlier in the year he bought the gun, seems a close enough timeframe.

Right, the photo from the Hunter Biden laptop that just fell out of the sky that has photos of him while he was sleeping. Because crack addicts are known to take pictures of themselves while asleep and then transfer those photos to their laptops which they send in for repairs to a legally blind computer repair guy who lives in another state and then don't return to get them.

Did you learn nothing from QAnon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here.....

Wondering if any reporter will ask Joe about this, or any of the other scandals surrounding Hunter at Joe's first press conference today.

Considering that Politico's "sources" are two random, unidentified people and that the Secret Service has no record of it, I doubt it.

This is embarrassing muckraking. Make sure you read the entire story to find the fact that the gun store owner never talked to the Politico reporter.

No, he talked to police and FBI and police reports were used to source the news story.

Read it again, the story doesn't say that.

"While police questioned Hunter and Hallie, two Secret Service agents arrived at the store where Hunter had purchased the gun, StarQuest Shooters & Survival Supply in Wilmington, according to the two people familiar with the incident. The agents showed their badges and identification cards to Palmieri, the store’s owner, and asked to take possession of the Firearms Transaction Record that Hunter had filled out to buy the gun earlier that month, according to the people familiar with the incident."

Politico's only sources here are two people they've allowed to remain anonymous without providing any reason for doing so.

Congrats! You've been manipulated by the fake news.

The sources are definitely people connected to the gun shop - the owner(s), employees, or their immediate family members. Of course they will leak stuff about Hunter - who do you think they supported in the 2020 election?

A bunch of gossiping gun rights yentas. Surely they can't have an agenda...

The sources are people who know what happened and are connected to the gun shop and that’s “fake news?”

PP here - my point is we don't know who the sources are because Politico chose to keep them anonymous and has not provided any description of who they are - i.e.- law enforcement or federal agents or employees. One source is supposedly someone with "firsthand" knowledge of what happened in the gun store and the other one is someone who was "briefed" by "a" Secret Service Agent after the fact.

There's no context of who the sources are or why these sources are being afforded anonymity. So they could be anyone or no one. There's also no corroborating information that Secret Service actually visited the gun shop. The gun shop owner didn't speak to Politico and the Secret Service says they have no record of any involvement. And yet the story is written to make it sound like the gun shop owner is providing this information about the interaction to Politico even including that the gun shop owner suspected the Secret Service was trying to take the paperwork in an effort to hide Hunter Biden's ownership of the gun. Which a) is stupid. The police already knew it was his gun - both he and his girlfriend talked to the police and he went and got the gun case.

Go back and read the story really carefully and look where they weave tidbits in to make it look like someone other than their two anonymous sources provided information about alleged Secret Service involvement. It's well done and very much intended to create a narrative that there's very little support for.

You people believed the pee pee Trump story. You believed the Steele Dossier. You believed Avenatti. You believed Cuomo. THIS, to you, is questionable as

They also believe Cohen went to Prague. Some still do. They believed the story about Trump calling GA and telling them to "find votes." That was debunked a couple weeks ago when a tape of the call surfaced. Turned out the reporter was relying on a single source. They believed a bunch of crap that was poorly sourced and later debunked.

But, this story - they doubt because sources aren't named. Welcome to our world, liberals.

Can you point me to a source that explains the Georgia call’s being debunked? I haven’t heard anything about that. I thought the tape of the entire conversation was released months ago.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/543271-wapost-adds-lengthy-correction-to-story-on-trump-georgia-call

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP here.....

Wondering if any reporter will ask Joe about this, or any of the other scandals surrounding Hunter at Joe's first press conference today.

Considering that Politico's "sources" are two random, unidentified people and that the Secret Service has no record of it, I doubt it.

This is embarrassing muckraking. Make sure you read the entire story to find the fact that the gun store owner never talked to the Politico reporter.

No, he talked to police and FBI and police reports were used to source the news story.

Read it again, the story doesn't say that.

"While police questioned Hunter and Hallie, two Secret Service agents arrived at the store where Hunter had purchased the gun, StarQuest Shooters & Survival Supply in Wilmington, according to the two people familiar with the incident. The agents showed their badges and identification cards to Palmieri, the store’s owner, and asked to take possession of the Firearms Transaction Record that Hunter had filled out to buy the gun earlier that month, according to the people familiar with the incident."

Politico's only sources here are two people they've allowed to remain anonymous without providing any reason for doing so.

Congrats! You've been manipulated by the fake news.

The sources are definitely people connected to the gun shop - the owner(s), employees, or their immediate family members. Of course they will leak stuff about Hunter - who do you think they supported in the 2020 election?

A bunch of gossiping gun rights yentas. Surely they can't have an agenda...

The sources are people who know what happened and are connected to the gun shop and that’s “fake news?”

PP here - my point is we don't know who the sources are because Politico chose to keep them anonymous and has not provided any description of who they are - i.e.- law enforcement or federal agents or employees. One source is supposedly someone with "firsthand" knowledge of what happened in the gun store and the other one is someone who was "briefed" by "a" Secret Service Agent after the fact.

There's no context of who the sources are or why these sources are being afforded anonymity. So they could be anyone or no one. There's also no corroborating information that Secret Service actually visited the gun shop. The gun shop owner didn't speak to Politico and the Secret Service says they have no record of any involvement. And yet the story is written to make it sound like the gun shop owner is providing this information about the interaction to Politico even including that the gun shop owner suspected the Secret Service was trying to take the paperwork in an effort to hide Hunter Biden's ownership of the gun. Which a) is stupid. The police already knew it was his gun - both he and his girlfriend talked to the police and he went and got the gun case.

Go back and read the story really carefully and look where they weave tidbits in to make it look like someone other than their two anonymous sources provided information about alleged Secret Service involvement. It's well done and very much intended to create a narrative that there's very little support for.

You people believed the pee pee Trump story. You believed the Steele Dossier. You believed Avenatti. You believed Cuomo. THIS, to you, is questionable as

They also believe Cohen went to Prague. Some still do. They believed the story about Trump calling GA and telling them to "find votes." That was debunked a couple weeks ago when a tape of the call surfaced. Turned out the reporter was relying on a single source. They believed a bunch of crap that was poorly sourced and later debunked.

But, this story - they doubt because sources aren't named. Welcome to our world, liberals.

Can you point me to a source that explains the Georgia call’s being debunked? I haven’t heard anything about that. I thought the tape of the entire conversation was released months ago.

It was. The PP is talking about a call to a different official. WaPo had to correct a story it ran about it. It was a completely nothing, but the PP wants to dissemble.