Just days after several news outlets were forced to “retract” multiple phony stories regarding President Trump and his relationship with Russia, MSNBC found itself in the hot-seat on Tuesday; “correcting” a bogus report about Trump’s lawyer and his “alleged call” for another special counsel.
MSNBC anchor and legal correspondent Ari Melber viciously attacked the President’s attorney on social media this week, saying Jay Sekulow had “crossed a line” in his calls for an investigation into Mueller’s months-long witch-hunt.
A new line crossed:
Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow confirms to NBC he is calling for a special counsel to *investigate* special counsel Mueller’s team.
Citing alleged conflicts of interests, he says “New revelations require the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate.”
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) December 12, 2017
Sekulow cites a Fox News report about alleged conflicts on special counsel team to say, “DOJ & FBI cannot ignore the multiple problems that have been created by these obvious conflicts of interests… revelations require the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate.” https://t.co/HyIFMK1deu
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) December 12, 2017
Just spoke to Jay Sekulow who says, “This is about an alleged conflict regarding Fusion GPS and Bruce Orr, and it has nothing to do with Bob Mueller or Mueller’s team.” He stresses that was and remains his original point. https://t.co/Lqp3FEdP5M
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) December 12, 2017
One problem: Sekulow never cited Mueller as a factor behind his decision, instead saying there was a “conflict regarding Fusion GPS and Bruce Orr,” adding this “has nothing to do with Bob Mueller or Mueller’s team.”
“My concern from the outset has been that the whole Fusion GPS, Christopher Steele fake dossier was utilized to get FISA warrants. There’s indications that’s probably what happened,” Jay Sekulow told Sean Hannity. “That raised a very serious problem in our view. I thought as a lawyer that a special counsel needs to be appointed just to investigate these multiple conflicts of interest as it relates to the Fusion GPS – Bruce Orr situation.”
“This was a very clear statement, I was very specific […] I said please understand none of this is about Bob Mueller,” he added.
Listen to Sekulow set-the-record straight above.
