Apparently John Solomon is Individual-1’s Pat Buchanan and William Safire.
John Solomon, now at Fox News, seems to be the nutter whose shaky ideas about Democrats in Ukraine diffused to Trump. Even Ken Vogel points the finger at Solomon.
There’s a direct line between John Solomon’s shaky allegations and the president’s brain.
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John Solomon: Factual errors and major omissions in the Mueller Report show that it is totally biased against Trump.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 7, 2019
Many of the allegations and fuzzy “facts” that President Donald Trump and his allies have cited to defend pressuring Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden gained traction in the press thanks to one journalist: John Solomon, whose stories and columns in The Hill have made him a Fox News regular (and now a contributor).
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Solomon’s articles are emblematic of the way the right-wing news pipeline to Trump functions: Shaky allegations get picked up by eager partisan journalists, who are then featured on Fox News where they grab the attention of the president.
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Last week, Solomon defended his decision to send a draft of a March 26 story on a Ukrainian anti-corruption organization to three Trump-associated operatives hours before its publication. The draft of his story ― titled “US Embassy pressed Ukraine to drop probe of George Soros group during 2016 election” ― was shown to Lev Parnas, an Ukrainian American associate of Rudy Giuliani’s who was arrested Thursday on charges of campaign finance violation, as well as frequent Fox News guests Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing. Solomon suggested this was part of his fact-checking process even though the story did not appear to concern those three beyond their interest in potentially damaging information about Trump’s opponents.
Over the weekend, Fox Newsannouncedthat it had made a new hire: John Solomon, the self-proclaimed journalist at the heart of the unfolding scandal involving Ukraine, Rudy Giuliani, and the impending impeachment of Donald Trump. It’s not hard to see why Fox executives may have wanted to bring him aboard. Solomon’s work has underpinned theentire cascade of liesthe White House and Trump in particular have pushed over the past few weeks.
Solomon’s writings—including those most recently atThe Hill, where he worked until last month—are drenched in innuendo and mischaracterizations, all in service of attacking Trump’s political opponents. Solomon is already a regular Fox News fixture. He appeared on Fox News’sThe Storyshow last weekto claimthat he was being victimized by “McCarthy-like” attacks. AsMother Jonesnotedon Solomon’s hiring—whichcoincidedwith Giuliani claiming that the man deserves a Pulitzer—Solomon’s “alliance with pro-Trump forces” is now “official.”
Rudy took Lev Parnas to the funeral of former President George H. W. Bush as his “guest”. You pay big 💰💰💰for the kind of access…. pic.twitter.com/kmVtWX6xv4
“Former U.S. officials have said Sondland viewed the Ukraine assignment as critical to winning Trump’s favor and auditioning for a more senior job in the administration.” Well, so much for that.https://t.co/YJwB2Jyets
Irony Alert: Ambassador Sondland, who is expected to provide key testimony on charges of a Trump-Ukraine quid pro quo (which he initially denied) had previously portrayed himself as the “master of the quid pro quo†in Oregon power politics @RichReadReportshttps://t.co/23ZCI55F2b
Hold up— the guy who instructed White House counsel Don McGahn to say he didn’t obstruct justice is the SAME GUY who told Sondland to say there was no quid pro quo? https://t.co/VrIP8NZNJj
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