Inside the Crazy Cabal Trying to Smear Robert Mueller

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-crazy-cabal-trying-to-smear-robert-mueller?ref=home

Inside the Crazy Cabal Trying to Smear Robert Mueller
A Seth Rich conspiracy pusher and fringe online figures appear to be working behind the scenes.
Lachlan Markay,
Will Sommer
10.30.18 2:57 PM ET


One of the shadier characters in politics, along with a number of fringe internet figures, appears to be behind an attempt to pay women to accuse Special Counsel Robert Mueller of sexual assault.

The scheme became public on Tuesday when Mueller’s staff formally asked the FBI to launch an investigation into the matter. But for weeks it has been simmering below the surface, with numerous reporters having been tipped off by a woman who claimed she had been approached with promises of cash.

At the center of the scheme is publicity-hungry Republican lobbyist Jack Burkman, who has repeatedly dabbled in internet conspiracy theories in the past, including promoting the idea that murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was killed by deep-state government operatives.

Burkman denied involvement in any attempt to pay people to frame or accuse Mueller. But he also claims that he has witnesses who will expose the Special Counsel as a sexual harasser and has scheduled a Thursday press conference in Northern Virginia to introduce his first accuser.

“We’re going to prove that he is a drunk and a sexual abuser,” Burkman told The Daily Beast.

Mueller has undergone extensive background checks during a career that has included a stint as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Burkman has not offered any evidence at all of his accusations and his previous “bombshell” press conferences on other stories have become notorious flops in Washington media circles. In July, he promised that he had a whistleblower who would prove the government killed Rich. But Burkman’s witness never showed in person, instead calling in anonymously via speakerphone — a stunt that enraged Burkman’s fellow conspiracy theorists.

This isn’t Burkman’s first attempt to get publicity for a sexual assault allegation either. In late 2017, with the MeToo movement kicking off, Burkman claimed that he represented a woman who would accuse a congressman of sexual assault. But with the press on hand for the revelations, Burkman had to concede that his client refused to appear. Instead, Burkman offered everyone a “big apology” for wasting their time.

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Burkman has proved eager to attach himself to a wide array of causes that have the possibility of getting him on cameras. He once introduced legislation (which lobbyists don’t formally do) to get gay players banned from the NFL—a campaign that sparked a sharp rebuke from his gay brother.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-crazy-cabal-trying-to-smear-robert-mueller?ref=home

[democratisphere]

1. redumbliCONS are the lowest form of life on the planet, right next to

sewer pipe scum bacteria.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. If Kavanaugh accusers weren't believed then these shouldn't be

either. Right, GOP?

[malaise]

4. This was a bubble versus a bullet

This fabricated shit had no chance

They make up shit 24/7 and hope it sticks.
I hope folks go to prison for this one.

[lpbk2713]

3. And he hates apple pie and hot dogs and he doesn't love Chayssus.

Expect more of this sleazeball GOP shit as the election draws near.