Deception & Misdirection

Deception & Misdirection
Strangest Mysteries of the Trump Russia Collusion Hoax
After all the investigations and “serious performance failures” by federal law enforcement in the conduct of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation, some mysteries remain unsolved. Three of the strangest mysteries…
by Ken Braun on October 8, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
The Left’s Biggest Conspiracy Theory Yet: Russiagate
Capital Research Center’s newest video, "The Left’s Biggest Conspiracy Theory Yet: Russiagate," explains how the Left has crafted some truly impressive tall tales, with Russiagate merely the latest hoax in a…
by CRC Staff on October 6, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
Russiagate: Heroes of the Hoax
Today’s ranking of the heroes of the Trump-Russia collusion hoax lists individuals and groups who bucked the trend of ignorance in media and politics and instead provided helpful advice or…
by Ken Braun on October 2, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
Sixteen Thirty Fund Funneling “Dark Money” into Left-Wing PACs
A “dark money” giant is funneling millions of dollars into the 2020 election to tilt the outcome in favor of Democrats—while complaining about money in politics. The Sixteen Thirty Fund…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 25, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
Full of Schiff: Adam Schiff Cooks Up a New Conspiracy Theory
On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, released a complaint from a Department of Homeland Security analyst who claims DHS and Trump administration officials…
by Ken Braun on September 11, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
The Nastiest Hoaxsters of Russiagate
A contributor to both New York magazine and MSNBC, Jonathan Chait went all-in on the most outlandish of the salacious collusion rumors. Nobody given a modestly respectable public platform could…
by Ken Braun on September 1, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
Russiagate: Five Outrageous Ironies
A major objective of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane investigation and the subsequent probe by Special Counsel Robert Mueller was to find out “whether individual(s) associated with the Trump campaign are…
by Ken Braun on August 27, 2020

Deception & Misdirection, Philanthropy
Bannon Charges Show the “Other” Donor Intent Problem
Usually the abuses of donor intent we analyze manifest themselves as a bequest of a now-deceased pro-business or conservative donor falling under the control of the left-progressive management of the…
by Michael Watson on August 24, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
Update of Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax Archive
The remaining entries for Obama/Comey-Era Officials have been uploaded to the archive, including such notables as Andrew McCabe, Robert Mueller, Barack Obama, Susan Rice, Rod Rosenstein, and Peter Strzok. In…
by CRC Staff on August 17, 2020

Deception & Misdirection
Introducing the Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax Archive
While the Trump-Russia conspiracy theory was exposed as a hoax, a different sort of collusion was real. Sometimes wittingly, but often just witlessly, hundreds of figures in the media, politics,…
by CRC Staff on August 11, 2020