A letter has been going around recently, criticising Donald Trump’s stance towards Hungary – reports index.hu. 22 Democrats have signed the letter, and its main point of criticism is that the sum of 700 000 dollars dedicated to supporting Hungarian independent journalism was withdrawn back in July.
The letter addressed to the U.S. Department of State’s department of European and Eurasian Affairs was penned by Marcy Kaptur, leader of the Hungarian Caucus. The primary question raised in the letter inquires as to why the US government decided to withdraw the designated support.
They also note that Hungarian independent journalism is becoming more and more suppressed, while the Hungarian government uses public funds to finance media outlets that report news by sources like Russia Today or Sputnik, widely known as mouthpieces of the Russian government.
According to Politico, Marcy Kaptur said in a statement that
“Independent media in Hungary has come under fire from the government. Media consolidated in the hands of a few is a weapon against liberty.”
The 22 Democrats who signed the letter believe that independent journalism in Hungary is under severe threat, so the US should take some measures. Both the U.S. Department of State and the Hungarian embassy in Washington were asked to comment on the issue but both declined to answer any questions.
The spokesperson of the Department of State defended their silence by stating that “We do not comment on congressional correspondence. We respond to congressional inquiries through appropriate channels.”
Back in August David Cornstein,
the new U.S. ambassador in Budapest, stated that he has not experienced any signs of infringements on freedom in Hungary so far.
However, he said that if he noticed anything, he would speak out.
US VALUES HUNGARIAN POLICIES, SAYS ORBÁN CABINET
As we wrote today, the Hungarian government’s policies are increasingly understood and appreciated in the United States, Zoltán Kovács, the government spokesman, said at the end of a four-day official visit that included discussions at think-tanks and media outlets, read more HERE.
For more news, check out this article about an American journalist’s opinion on Hungary.
Featured image: MTI/EPA/Shawn Thew
Source: index.hu
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The great Weakness of the United States in the Field of English-language broadcast, Journalism, today…even though the United States is English-speaking…unlike Russia, which, overwhelmingly, is not…& which besides…Russia-Moscow, unlike Russia-St. Petersburg, has no Tradition of Free Speech, even in Russian, let alone in English…Russia’s RT, starting from Scratch & against all Odds, has been allowed to assume a near absolute Monopoly in world-wide, English-language Online Broadcasting.
The BBC, which ruled the Airwaves for nearly a Century, is so associated with the late, satanic, Paedophile, Jimmy Savile, & the Persecution of Julian Assange & Tommy Robinson that is has become painful to watch…& Nobody I know watches Al Jazeera or Franch 24…or outside the US, even CNN or Fox..so What is left?
An American Idea to challenge RT, beginning in Europe (coming from, Native Son, Yours truly, if you don’t mind), is “Central European Univision”…aka “The New CEU”…a privately-owned Broadcaster, in which Marcy Kaptur, who I have always thought was pretty cool”, might even have her own Polish-Cooking Show, from what I can see, is already getting started at Origo Studios in Budapest…& I am sure that any Portion of the $700,000 of US Funding earmarked for independent Journalism in Hungary, sent to the “New CEU” would be graciously accepted.
The $700,000 shoulod be sent to the Marketing Director of Origo Studios, Mihaly Toth…& tell him I said not to waste it.
FBI just admitted it used multiple spies in an Elaborate Sting Operation against President Trump during his campaign. It was revealed in court filings on 26.10.2018 that the FBI used a number of confidential informants, including some who were paid for their information, during its investigation into former campaign adviser Carter Page. President Trump has long contended that the FBI spied on his 2016 campaign and is now demanding that the Justice Department investigate the matter. The FBI calls them confidential informants (CHH) but Trump calls them spies. Kimberly Strassel of the Wall Street Journal agreed with the President in her May 10 column when she wrote: When government agencies refer to sources, they mean people who appear to be average citizens but use their profession or contacts to spy for the agency. Ergo, we might take this to mean that the FBI secretly had a person on the payroll who used his or her non-FBI credentials to interact in some capacity with the Trump campaign. This would amount to spying, and it is hugely disconcerting.
David M. Hardy, the head of the FBI’s Record/Information Dissemination Section (RIDS) wrote in the recently released court papers that the FBI protected the identities of other confidential sources because the information it was looking for was essential to their Russia investigation.
Department of Justice attorneys were forced to submit the filings due to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for the FBI’s four applications for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants against Carter Page. The DOJ released the documents of June 20, 2018 but they were heavily redacted. That prompted Brad Heath of USA Today to sue for release of full copies of the documents. Hardy revealed in his declaration that the CHHs were in addition to Christopher Steele, author of his infamous anti-Trump dossier. This includes nonpublic information about and provided by Christopher Steele, as well as information about and provided by other confidential sources, all of whom were provided express assurances of confidentiality, wrote Hardy.
Steele, referred to as Source #1, met on several occasions with FBI agents during the 2016 campaign and the bureau used his dossier as its reason for applying for FISA warrants to spy on Page and the Trump campaign. Though the FBI’s use of multiple confidential sources comes as no surprise, the disclosure is the first time that the government has admitted to using sources other than Steele. His work paid for by the Democrat-connected research firm, Fusion GPS, became the basis of using other informants and the FISA Courts to fuel Robert Mueller’s investigation of supposed Trump/Russia collusion. Steele alleges in his dossier that Page served as the Trump campaign’s back channel to the Kremlin. Page, however, adamantly denies the allegations and no information has been found to support Steele’s claim.
The FBI’s use of multiple confidential sources is not a surprise but the disclosure is the first time that the government has acknowledged using sources beyond Steele, who was hired to investigate Trump by the Democrat-connected opposition research firm, Fusion GPS. Stefan Halper, another FBI informant, also met with Page, but the government has yet to officially acknowledge his part in the investigation. The DOJ filings show that multiple informants were used beyond Harper and Steele without shedding light on how many were used. The FBI protected specific information about payments to CHSs on two pages of each FISA application, the declaration reads.
According to news reports, FBI agents offered to pay Steele $ 50,000 to continue his investigation into Trump. However, when Steele had unauthorized contacts with the press the deal fell apart. The FBI severed ties with Steele on November 1, 2016. Although, DOJ official Bruce Ohr continued to serve as the FBI’s unofficial back channel to Steele until May 2017. National Review’s Andrew McCarthy appeared on Fox and Friends last week. In part he said, There’s probably no doubt that they had at least one confidential informant in the campaign. That’s the line Trump quoted in a tweet declaring the possible spying was bigger than Watergate.
Ken Dilanian of NBC News wrote last May, President Donald Trump’s allegation that the Department of Justice put a spy inside his presidential campaign to frame him is being widely dismissed as absurd by current and former law enforcement officials. Now that the real story is out it’s probably too much to hope for that NBC will retract its story. One that isn’t so absurd now as they would have had us believe.
This USA also – a country full of criminals.
The apparent bombing attempt in which current and former liberal politicians received crude pipe bombs in the mail has been the primary story in the news ever since the bombs were discovered. None of the bombs detonated and no one was injured. However, some politicians on the left, as well as several liberal media outlets are already starting to politicize the bombing attempt, blaming President Trump and his rhetoric for fanning the flames of politically motivated violence. It shouldn’t be surprising that the left is already trying to use this atrocity as political leverage; what is surprising, though, is that their memory is so short. It wasn’t too long ago that a deranged liberal individual opened fire at a GOP congressional baseball game, severely injuring Representative Steve Scalise. Likewise, it wasn’t that long ago that a registered Democrat committed the largest mass shooting in American history, raining bullets down into a largely conservative crowd at a country music concert in Las Vegas.
Or perhaps Democrats should remember the words of Maxine Waters and others who have encouraged people to harass Republican politicians and members of the Trump administration at every opportunity. Their words and actions go far beyond any rhetoric of President Trump when it comes to encouraging political violence.
Far be it from those on the left to admit their own faults rather than blaming everything they possibly can on President Trump, though. To learn more about this latest example of liberal hypocrisy, be sure to check out this video: https://youtu.be/6oNS8zMLUzE