SOURCE? You have none. Stahl did NOT say, "the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian Disinformation."
.
These "simple" 10-second MAGA lies require a lot of documentation to EXPOSE and REFUTE.
.
In Sept 2020, the US Senate Investigative report finding of NO WRONGDOING on the part of Joe Biden was released. Trump would not accept that, so ...
.
Donald Trump: (20:44)
I don’t mind it, I don’t mind it. But when I watch him walk out of his store, he’s in the midst of a scandal, his family is corrupt, okay? He’s corrupt. He’s a corrupt politician. And he’s walking with ice cream. And the question the media asks him, what kind of ice cream? What flavor ice cream do you have? And he’s in the midst of a scandal.
Lesley Stahl: (21:04)
He’s not. He’s not.
Donald Trump: (21:06)
Of course he is, Lesley.
Lesley Stahl: (21:08)
Come on.
Donald Trump: (21:08)
Of course he is. See that?
Lesley Stahl: (21:10)
Let the Senate Committee-
Donald Trump: (21:12)
You’re like big tech, you protecting him. And everyone is, except for a few people.
Lesley Stahl: (21:19)
You’re taking something that was investigated-
Donald Trump: (21:22)
Lesley, let me ask you. You think it’s okay for the Mayor of Moscow’s wife to give him millions and millions of dollars, three and a half million dollars, to give his family three and a half? Do you think it’s okay for Hunter Biden to say that we’re giving the big guy 10% of this massive amount of money they’re taking? Do you think it’s okay for all of these horrible things that you’ve seen, where they’re getting hundreds of thousands, and millions of dollars, where China gives them a billion and a half dollars to manage, the family, a billion and a half dollars, and then he’s supposed to negotiate? Let me tell you, it’s the second biggest scandal. The biggest scandal was when they spied on my campaign. They spied on my campaign.
Lesley Stahl: (22:06)
There’s no real evidence of that.
Donald Trump: (22:07)
Of course there is. Is it’s all over the place. Lesley, they spied on my campaign and they got caught.
Lesley Stahl: (22:14)
Can I say something? *****This is 60 Minutes and we can’t put on things we can’t verify.*****
Donald Trump: (22:21)
You won’t put it up because it’s bad for Biden.
Lesley Stahl: (22:22)
*****We can’t put on things we can’t verify.*****
Donald Trump: (22:24)
Lesley, they spied on my campaign.
Lesley Stahl: (22:27)
*****Well, we can’t verify that.*****
Donald Trump: (22:27)
It’s been totally verified. Just go down and get the papers. They spied of my campaign, they got caught.
Lesley Stahl: (22:34)
No.
Donald Trump: (22:35)
And then they went much further than that, and they got caught. And you will see that, Lesley. And you know that, but you just don’t want to put it on the air.
Lesley Stahl: (22:42)
As a matter of fact, I don’t know that.
[skipping irrelevant banter]
Donald Trump: (24:03)
Instead of, “Why did Hunter get three and a half million dollars from Moscow?” Instead of, “Why is an energy company paying your son $183,000 a month, or whatever they’re paying him?” And he has no experience in energy. You discredit yourself. I don’t have to discredit you.
Lesley Stahl: (24:21)
So this story about Hunter and his laptop, some repair shop found it, the source is Steve Bannon and Rudy Giuliani.
Donald Trump: (24:33)
I don’t know anything about that. I just know it’s a laptop and they haven’t-
Lesley Stahl: (24:35)
And you’re making this one of the hottest, most important issues [inaudible 00:24:40]
Donald Trump: (24:43)
*****I don’t know about the two gentleman you mentioned.***** [???? Steve Bannon and Rudy Giuliani???? Trump doesn't know about them??!!!]
[...]
Lesley Stahl: (24:56)
All these things have been investigated and discredited.
Donald Trump: (24:58)
It’s incredible the way you can try and say this and sit there and look me in the eye and say it. He accepted money, his family, from Russia, from Ukraine, from China and from other places. His brother who didn’t have experience became a big builder in Iraq, without experience. Take a look at what’s going on, Lesley. And then you say that shouldn’t be discussed? It’s the biggest scandal out there, Lesley.
[...]
Donald Trump: (25:37)
You want to talk about insignificant things.
Lesley Stahl: (25:40)
I’m telling you.
Donald Trump: (25:41)
Of course it can be verified. Excuse me, they found a laptop. Lesley, listen.
Lesley Stahl: (25:45)
*****It can’t be verified.*****
Donald Trump: (25:47)
What can’t be verified?
Lesley Stahl: (25:47)
The laptop.
[...]
.
On October 14, 2020, just three weeks before the 2020 presidential election, the New York Post published a front-page story that presented emails from the laptop, alleging they showed corruption by Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee. According to the Post, the story was based on information provided to Rudy Giuliani (and then to the Post).
.
[At least one segment of the 60 Minutes interview was recorded on Oct 15, the next day. ...]
NOTHING WAS VERIFIED AT THE TIME OF THE 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW OR BEFORE THE ELECTION.
.
Stahl said that CBS didn't have verification. She said NOTHING about Russian Disinformation.
Posted By: willywonka4u
Re: CBS Should Have Apologized To Trump.
Leslie Stahl said the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian Disinformation. It wasn’t. It turned out to be true. As if we didn’t already know. CBS didn’t apologize for their laughably failed attempt at journalism, so Trump didn’t go on. Trump has been in front of countless hostile journalists before. Trump turning them down was a punishment to CBS for their unprofessionalism. This should happen more often. Journalists should pay a cost for things like this. Quite frankly, I think journalists should have to get a license like lawyers do, and when they engage in unethical journalistic practices there should be a system similar to a state bar where a journalist would get their license taken away.
MAGAs WAKE UP!! STOP REPEATING TRUMP'S SELF-SERVING LIES!! He is fooling you and you are fooling yourselves.
DON'T LET HIM!!