Why is the Media Buying Jerome Corsi's Claim He Rejected Mueller's Plea Deal?

[DonViejo]

by Colby Hall | Nov 26th, 2018, 1:11 pm

Jerome Corsi is a conservative writer, conspiracy theorist and close political ally of Roger Stone who was, until very recently at least, in plea negotiations with the special counsel’s office. This according to last week’s Washington Post report that he was in talks with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

We are now learning from numerous outlets, however, that Corsi plans to reject Muller’s plea deal. This was first broken by Natasha Bertrand who is a staff writer at The Atlantic and an MSNBC contributor. Bertrand tweeted:

Link to tweet

This was then reported on by Shimon Prokupecz in the clip above, who appears to cite Bertrand’s reporting. But while Bertrand accurately cast the news as a claim from Corsi, media outlets have reported it as a certainty. “Roger Stone Associate Jerome Corsi Refuses Plea Deal,” read CNN’s chyron. Other outlets ran similar headlines, taking the claims at face value.

The special counsel’s talks with Corsi were reported by the Post to “bring Mueller’s team closer to determining whether Trump or his advisers were linked to WikiLeaks’ release of hacked Democratic emails in 2016, a key part of his long-running inquiry.” But now we are learning, from Corsi himself, that the plea deal is off the table.

This raises the very important question: why do we believe anything Corsi says or does, to begin with?

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[unblock]

1. The media always buys right-wing assertions without evidence

Including practically everything they've ever quoted from Corsi.

[dlk]

2. Corsi Would Never Lie, Right?

[Hoyt]

3. Why should he take deal? Lying doesn't seem to get one more than

a few days in jail, nowadays.

[onenote]

4. The headlines I'm seeing all are consistent with Bertrand's reporting

CNN: "Roger Stone Associate Says He Won't Agree to Plea Deal."

Washington Post: "Conservative author and Roger Stone associate Jerome Corsi says he is rejecting special plea deal from Special Counsel."

CNBC: "Right-wing Conspiracy Monger Jerome Corsi Says He Would 'Rather Sit in Prison' Than Say He Lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller."

Not seeing the concern.....

[duforsure]

5. If he goes to court , he'll lose badly,

And if he falsely accuses any of the Mueller team or Mueller he'll end up with a lot more time behind bars. If he thinks he'll be saved he's just another fool, he will not escape justice.

[agingdem]

6. so he doesn't take a plea deal..

he goes to trial...worked out well for Manafort right?

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Sad. Motor Mouth (Corsi) is getting to the point where he believes his own stories and lies, ...

and is digging his own grave. Who truly knows what Mueller and team is going to do, or whether a plea deal is in the works or not?

What's pathetic about this whole thing is that no one else believes him (Corsi) or his ranting. A good attorney would probably advise him to shut up.

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. Anyone not on the side of not teargassing children wont tell the truth ever. Unless it is

in a rare case where the truth helps their cause, but it almost never does.