Barr does this explicitly, telling Kudlow that “the mainstream media and social media acted in together and in parallel to suppress any information about” the laptop. Both social media companies and media outlets were wary of the laptop’s provenance (about which questions still remain) particularly given the Russian effort in 2016. Barr’s claim that the “suppression” of the laptop story was worse than Russia’s 2016 effort also depends on diminishing what happened in 2016. But the difference here is that someone was applying resources that would likely end up turning out more Democrats, and that’s what galls Barr, Kudlow and their allies. Barr has hinted at a lot of this before, so it’s not like he’s simply opening up because he trusts Kudlow.

Source: Washington Post April 09, 2022 03:59 UTC