thedailycaller | At no point in Perez’s reporting did he disclose his close ties to the Fusion GPS operatives.
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board sounded the alarm about its former reporters in a remarkable editorial
earlier this month, accusing Beltway media of being complicit in a
coverup with Fusion. “Americans don’t need a Justice Department coverup
abetted by Glenn Simpson’s media buddies,” the editors wrote in a
scathing takedown of the firm.
Simpson’s wife, Mary Jacoby, bragged about his role
in the dossier in a lengthy June 2017 Facebook post reviewed by The
Daily Caller.
Jacoby claimed that “some people still don’t realize
what Glenn’s role was in exposing Putin’s control of Donald Trump,”
referencing the dossier’s thesis. The dossier claimed that Russians had
evidence of damaging information on Trump that they would use to
blackmail him, an explosive accusation for which there remains no public
evidence.
CNN’s coverage of the dossier has been relatively soft.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper, usually known for his aggressive coverage, gave
Fusion a pass while reporting on the story Wednesday evening.
“Certainly some of the more lurid charges in that dossier remain
uncorroborated, but some of the details have been proven accurate,”
Tapper said. But the newsman failed to mention reporting he did back in
January that called the dossier’s credibility into question.
On Jan. 10, the day that BuzzFeed published the dossier, Tapper cited
a government source who told him that a key claim in the dossier about
Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, was false. The dossier alleged that Cohen
traveled to Prague last August to meet with Kremlin operatives. But
Tapper reported that government officials believed that a different
Michael Cohen had actually traveled to the Czech Republic. Tapper has
not acknowledge that reporting since that initial segment. (RELATED: Jake Tapper’s Dodgy Dossier Reporting)
CNN’s reporting on the dossier has similarly muddied the waters with incorrect information on multiple other occasions.
CNN did not respond to The Daily Caller’s request for comment about Perez’s ties to Fusion’s partners.
