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Tag: Mueller Report

  • Pulitzer Board Challenges Trump Lawsuit, Demands Full Mueller Report in Discovery

    The Pulitzer Prize Board pushes back against Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit, demanding an unredacted Mueller Report and full documentation of Trump’s Russia-related communications. 

    Blue Press Journal – In a striking legal development, the Pulitzer Prize Board has demanded that President Donald Trump turn over a complete and unredacted copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report as part of discovery in his ongoing defamation lawsuit. The request—filed in Okeechobee County, Florida—seeks to test Trump’s claims that the Board’s defense of its 2018 journalism awards for The New York Times and The Washington Post caused reputational harm. 

    The lawsuit, initiated by Trump in 2022, accuses individual Pulitzer Board members of defamation after they reaffirmed the awards given for coverage of Russian interference and Trump campaign connections during the 2016 election. Trump contends that the Board’s statement “endorsed false reporting” and implied criminal wrongdoing on his part. 

    However, the Board’s latest filing signals a willingness to confront those allegations head-on. It asks Trump’s team to produce not only the full Mueller Report but also all communications between Trump and Mueller’s investigators, including exchanges about campaign contacts with Russian officials and the Trump Tower Moscow project. 

    According to the Mueller Report (U.S. Department of Justice, 2019), investigators found “numerous links between the Russian government and the Trump campaign,” even though the evidence did not establish a formal conspiracy. Outlets such as Reuters and The Guardian have since documented how Trump’s public narrative of “no collusion” often contradicted the nuanced findings of the investigation. 

    Legal experts note that the Board’s discovery demand mirrors earlier court battles over the Justice Department’s redactions of the Mueller findings during Trump’s first term—redactions that federal judges later criticized as politically motivated (see The Washington Post, March 2021). 

    The Board’s filing further requests Trump’s communications about his accusations against filmmaker Rob Reiner, his tax and business records, and any materials related to Trump Jr.’s 2016 Trump Tower meeting. Board members—including prominent journalists such as Anne Applebaum, David Remnick, and Gail Collins—have also been scheduled for depositions in the coming weeks. 

    A Board spokesperson told The Associated Press, “Just like any other plaintiff, the President must articulate and prove his claims with evidence. The Pulitzer Board will not be cowed by attempts to intimidate journalists or undermine the First Amendment.” 

    Trump’s lawsuit stands in contrast to his previous pattern of avoiding discovery in similar media cases. As Politico reported, earlier threats of litigation resulted in settlements with CBS and ABC, but those cases never reached the evidence phase. 

    Why Is Trump Suing the Pulitzer Board?

    By demanding transparency through discovery, the Board’s counteraction not only defends the integrity of investigative reporting but also reasserts the importance of accountability in public life—something Trump himself has long resisted. 

  • Declassified Document Deals Blow to DNI Director’s Claims of Anti-Trump Conspiracy

    Tulsi Gabbard Has been Fabricating Claims

    Blue Press Journal – A newly declassified document has undermined claims made by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard that the Obama administration conspired against Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. The document, an annex to a report by special counsel John Durham, further debunks the theory that Russian spies were not behind the key 2016 emails that were hacked and released during the campaign.

    Gabbard had hoped to uncover evidence of a “treasonous conspiracy” by the Obama administration to falsely blame Russia for interfering in the election to help Trump. However, the declassified document, combined with previous findings by special counsel Robert Mueller and the Senate intelligence committee, suggests that Russian interference was, in fact, a reality.

    The 2019 report by Mueller and a bipartisan report by the Senate intelligence committee in 2020 both concluded with “high confidence” that Russia had interfered in the election to help Trump. These findings were further validated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who in 2018 admitted to wanting Trump to win the election.

    Former intelligence insiders have dismissed the idea of a “deep state” conspiracy against Trump as a fiction. “Trump is lying when he speaks of a ‘deep state’,” said Fulton Armstrong, a retired CIA analyst. “But if there were one, it would not be Democrat. The culture of that world is deeply Republican.”

    Gabbard’s claims were also contradicted by John Brennan, the CIA director under Obama, who told The New Yorker that Obama had instructed intelligence officials to keep evidence of Russian meddling quiet until after the election to ensure a fair outcome. Brennan cited multiple sources of intelligence, including a high-quality clandestine source, that indicated Putin wanted Trump to win due to his views on Russia.

    The declassified document is the latest blow to Gabbard’s crusade to prove a conspiracy against Trump. The disclosures by Durham further undermine her claims, and it remains to be seen how she will respond to the new evidence. The incident highlights the ongoing controversy surrounding the 2016 election and the role of Russian interference, with many experts continuing to affirm that the intelligence community’s assessment of Russian meddling was accurate.