"Last week, Glenn Greenwald did a podcast defending Bill Barr's efforts to overturn the prosecution of Mike Flynn ( here's a transcript; the italicized language below is my correction of that transcript). A whole slew of people wrote me in alarm over some of the claims he made in it. After some reflection, I decided to do a post showing how the public record that Glenn claims to have consulted in his podcast at least undermines some of his claims, and in places utterly refutes it."
"Two points about this. First, after I made it clear I was working on this in conversations with Glenn, he wrote this post, once again claiming to know details of what I shared with the FBI and what their response to that was, which I assume was an attempt to bully me into withholding this post. Ironically, The Intercept is fundraising off that post, celebrating a post that gets key details wrong."
"Before Glenn posted that post, I asked if people would support this one by donating to my local food bank. This post took a great deal of work, at a time I've got far more important things to do from a reporting and personal perspective. If you recognize that work and if you can afford it at this time of crisis, please consider a donation to Feeding America West Michigan. Thanks!"
Glenn Greenwald defended Bill Barr's efforts to overturn the prosecution of Mike Flynn on a podcast. Many people wrote expressing alarm over several claims he made. Public record undermines and in places refutes some of those claims. After conversations made clear that work was underway, Glenn claimed to know details of what was shared with the FBI and how the FBI responded, appearing to pressure withholding of forthcoming analysis. The Intercept engaged in fundraising around Glenn's piece while celebrating claims that contain key factual errors. A request was made for donations to Feeding America West Michigan to support the research.
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