Trump Nominee for DC U.S. Attorney Did Not Disclose Over 100 Appearances on Russian State Media to the Senate: Report
President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the U.S. Attorney for Washington, DC did not disclose his 100-plus appearances on Russian state TV on a Senate questionnaire ahead of his confirmation hearing, reported The Washington Post on Wednesday.
The bombs story by Spencer S. Hsu and Aaron Schaffer revealed Ed Martin’s over 150 different appearances on RT and Sputnik – propaganda arms of the Russian government. The report noted that Martin, who is currently the interim U.S. attorney for D.C., appeared on the networks “as a guest commentator from August 2016 to April 2024, according to a search of their websites and the Internet Archive’s database of television broadcasts.”
Additionally, the Post scooped the fact that “Martin did not disclose the appearances last month on a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire, which asks nominees to list all media interviews. Analysis of television archives suggests he went on RT and Sputnik more often than on any major cable network during that span.”
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