2/16/24 Matt Taibbi: New Revelations on the Origin of Russiagate

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Scott talks with Matt Taibbi about a new series of articles he published on the origins of Russiagate. Specifically, Taibbi has been working with journalists Michael Shellenberger and Alex Gutentag to report on the role of Western intelligence agencies in spying on Trump’s team and constructing the narrative that the former president was compromised by the Russian government. Discussed on the show: “CIA Had Foreign Allies Spy On Trump Team, Triggering Russia Collusion Hoax, Sources Say” (Public) “Our Man in Cambridge” (Racket) “The press versus the president” (Columbia Journalism Review) Spooked: The Trump Dossier, Black Cube, and the Rise of Private Spies by Barry Meier “Why Even Democrats Should Care About the ‘Cooked Intelligence’ Russiagate Scandal” (Racket) Matt Taibbi is a journalist, author and political commentator. Subscribe to his Substack publication: Racket News and follow him on Twitter @mtaibbi. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Moon Does Artisan Coffee; Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.4	it public dot sub stack com for a couple of the important pieces we're gonna be
1:02.3	discussing today.
1:03.2	He is of course formerly at Rolling Stone magazine and wrote a whole bunch of great books
1:08.4	including hate ink all about the media that I know you'll really like and he's been doing some campaign coverage lately but boy he's got a big one on Russia gate here welcome back to the show Matt how you doing?
1:19.7	I'm doing great how you doing Scott I'm doing great and by one I meant series on Russia Gate here and your
1:27.4	sharing a byline introduces to your byline shares if you would please.
1:31.2	Sure it's Michael Schellenberger from public and his partner Alexander Grutontag, his writing partner
1:39.9	that is. You know Michael is one of the Twitter files reporter or reporters and we
1:45.6	testified together on the hill. Right. Okay great and now I love the headline. I
1:52.4	knew you were gonna get to this eventually,
1:55.2	Untitled Gate.
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