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Karoline Leavitt: “Reporters at legacy outlets, some of which are sitting in…”

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Karoline Leavitt and Tulsi Gabbard Address Allegations of Obama Administration's Role in Russia Collusion Narrative

Published | Video Starts at 09:20

At the time, the intel community published implausible intelligence and suggesting otherwise. Why? To sabotage the incoming president. This is truly one of the greatest political scandals in American history. And Reporters at legacy outlets, some of which are sitting in this room today, like the New York Times and the Washington Post, were ridiculously awarded Pulitzer Prizes for their perpetuation of this hoax. It's well past time for those awards to be stripped from the journalists who received them. It is not journalism to propagate political disinformation. (09:20–09:32)

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Asserts that journalists were wrongly awarded for perpetuating the Russia investigation hoax.

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