pound of flesh yet from past grievances on the 2016 investigation. if he continues to focus on that white whale, it s going to bring him down enough. the investigation s over. and bossert also asserted that president trump had been repeatedly warned about the debunk conspiracy theory that he peddled to the ukraine president on the july phone call. at this point i am deeply frustrated with what he and the legal team is doing in repeating that debunked theory. it sticks in his mind when he hears it over and over again. let me repeat that it has no validity. the united states government reached its conclusion on attributing to russia the dnc hack in 2016 before it even communicated it to the fbi, long before the fbi ever knocked on the door at the dnc. joining us now from washington, political reporter for the washington examiner, emily larsen. good morning to you. let s talk about some of what we
friday that he was scrapping the trip telling nbc news he had just found out that russian president vladimir putin was going to the conference that, quote we don t need a distraction. according to the agenerda giulii was set to participate in a panel led by a long-time adviser of putin who has been under u.s. sanctions since russia s invasion of ukraine just fiver years ago. joe biden s presidential campaign is calling tv news executives to stop booking president trump s personal attorney rudy giuliani on their programs. the daily beast reports that two top biden campaign advisers sent a letter to major news and cable networks and top anchors making their case. the letter reads in part, quote, we are writing today with grave concern that you continue to book rudy giuliani on your air to spread false, debunked expertise theories on behalf of donald trump. while you often fact check his statements in realtime during your discussions, that is no longer enough. by giving him your air tim
labeling mr. trump supporters as racist as well, getting back to the president s bogus conspiracy theory google manipulated votes in the 2016 election, we can put this up on screen, hillary clinton, his opponent in 2016, she s child in on twitter, she claiming, i should say she is noting the claim has been debunkered. the debunked theory was based on 21 undecided voters, for context. that s about half of the people associated with your campaign who have been indicted. jim acosta. thank you. joining me now is new york city mayor and democratic president candidate bill de blasio. thanks, for coming on. thank you, breana. i want to begin with the erake i rick garner case and the officer involved in his death. you said justice has been done. the garner family is calling for more action, as you know. i want to dig in here to specifics. can you be specific?
can you give me an example? i think he was convinced the iranians were behind the benghazi attack, and they weren t. at least we had no evidence of that. but he insisted that we find evidence to back up that proposition. the increasingly infamous flynn facts became one symptom of broader concerns about flynn s leadership at dia. flynn started to manifest some of the more controversial behaviors that ultimately played out on the national stage. that issue arguably got bigger, particularly on the campaign. you had his comments about islam the religion saying it s not a religion, saying people are right to be fearful of muslims. then you had him sharing on the campaign conspiracy theorys, even that debunked theory that hillary clinton and john podesta
usa today, whether covid spread after china tests cites no evidence. they said this was a debunked theory. the washington post, fact-checker said, wasn t released from the lab? doubtful. now it appears they should be rewriting some of the headlines. and they also dragged senator tom cotton who floated this possibility. some of this does go to reflexive tribalism when it comes to ideology with the media and the elite establishment. they couldn t just say, it s possible, that s plausible, let s learn more. they have to say this is debunked. and now they look foolish because yes, there s new new evidence that s mounting, but it was always viable. senator cotton had a good twitter thread yesterday, my