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<title><![CDATA[Aaron Mate - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/38452.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Aaron Mate]]></description><category domain="38452">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Russiagate Architects Suppressed Doubts To Peddle False Claims]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/07/22/russiagates_architects_suppressed_doubts_to_peddle_false_claims_1124060.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Although Robert Mueller failed to find an election conspiracy between Donald Trump and Moscow, the former Special Counsel threw a lifeline to the Russiagate narrative by alleging that the Kremlin had]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tulsi Gabbard: No Apologist for Russia-Backed Syria]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/01/29/the_record_shows_tulsi_gabbard_was_not_an_apologist_for_russia-backed_syria_1088012.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to serve as President Trump's director of national intelligence hinges on questions about the judgment and patriotism of the former congresswoman and Army vetera]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[FBI Still Hiding Details of Russiagate, Document Shows]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/01/06/fbi_is_still_hiding_details_of_russiagate_newly_released_document_shows_1082631.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As Donald Trump re-enters the White House on a pledge to end national security state overreach, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is still hiding critical details on the Russia conspiracy investigat]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What 10 Years of Meddling in Ukraine Have Wrought]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/04/30/what_10_years_of_us_meddling_in_ukraine_have_wrought_spoiler_alert_it_wasnt_democracy_1027411.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By Aaron Mat'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('©').';', RealClearInvestigationsApril 30, 2024In successfully lobbying Congress for an additional $61 billion in Ukraine war funding, an effort that ended this month with celebratory Dem]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Durham Neglected DNC Hack Claim, Despite Evidence It's a Sham]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/06/06/what_durham_skipped_903673.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Special Counsel John Durham'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s final report faults the FBI for opening the Trump-Russia collusion investigation on baseless grounds and relying on Hillary Clinton-funded material to pursue it, all while ignoring a warning that Clinton was plotting to frame Trump as a Russian asset....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Unchastened by Russiagate, the NY Times Doubles Down]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2023/02/15/unchastened_by_its_russiagate_embarrassment_the_ny_times_doubles_down_in_its_special_counsel_coverage_881457.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Special Counsel John Durham, leading a multi-year probe of how U.S. intelligence officials conducted the Russia investigation, has yet to issue his final report. But according to the New York Times, Durham has already come up empty.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Obama &amp; Biden Empowered Terrorist Networks in Syria]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/04/20/al_qaeda_is_on_our_side_how_obamabiden_officials_helped_create_a_safe_haven_for_terrorists_in_syria_827477.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With rising prices comes economic instability, which may be on the horizon once again.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Durham vs. Horowitz: Tension Grips the FBI Reckoning]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/01/20/the_tension_over_truth_and_consequences_gripping_the_fbis_trump-russia_reckoning_812321.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As he documents the role of Hillary Clinton'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s campaign in generating false allegations of Trump-Russia collusion, Special Counsel John Durham has also previewed a challenge to the FBI'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s claims about how and why its counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign began....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[5 Media 'Russia Collusion' Corrections We Need Now]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/11/24/five_trump-russia_collusion_corrections_we_need_from_the_media_now_-_just_for_starters_804205.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Five years after the Hillary Clinton campaign-funded collection of Trump-Russia conspiracy theories known as the Steele dossier was'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' published by BuzzFeed, news outlets that amplified its false allegations have suffered major losses of credibility. The recent indictment of the dossier's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Coming Into Focus: 2 Lawyers Behind Dems' Russia Lie]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/10/19/coming_into_focus_hillarys_secretive_russiagate-flogging_pair_of_super-lawyers_799168.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here are the prime movers of the false Trump-Russia theory that roiled U.S. politics for years: Clinton lawyers Michael Sussmann, left, and Marc Elias. Some of Sussmann's role emerges in his recent in]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Russia Lie and the Failed Guardian(s) of Integrity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/07/29/opinion_a_fresh_reminder_of_russiagates_fallen_guardians_of_integrity_787364.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For more than four years, Western media outlets have exhaustively claimed that President Vladimir Putin of Russia waged a sweeping influence campaign to install Donald Trump in the White House and undermine U.S. democracy.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kilimnik Speaks, and Evidence Backs His 'No Collusion' Account]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/05/19/accused_russiagate_spy_kilimnik_speaks_-_and_evidence_backs_his_no_collusion_account_777328.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Konstantin Kilimnik says his standard red passport, above, disproves the Mueller report's claim he used a diplomatic passport, a tipoff to being a Russian agent.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Still Secret: Russia Probe Files Trump Couldn't Force Into View]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2021/02/25/in_final_days_trump_gave_up_on_forcing_release_of_key_russiagate_files_nunes_prober_says_127267.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After four years of railing against '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'deep state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' actors who, he said, tried to undermine his presidency, Donald Trump relented to U.S. intelligence leaders in his final days in office, allowing them to block the release of critical material in the Russia investigation,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mass Hysteria, Media Credulity and the 'Steele Dossier']]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-russiagate-steele-dossier/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A case study in mass hysteria and media credulity.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelosis Take a Big Stake in CrowdStrike]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/10/09/pelosi_takes_big_stake_in_crowdstrike_democrat-tied_linchpin_of_russiagate_125557.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike rose to global prominence in mid-June 2016 when it publicly accused Russia of hacking the Democratic National Committee and stealing its data. The previously unknown company's explosive allegation set off a seismic chain of events that engulfs U.S....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate 'Collusion' Report Chock-Full of Speculation and Innuendo]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/09/21/analysis_that_senate_collusion_report_has_no_smoking_gun__but_it_does_have_a_fog_machine_125229.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The declaration that Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s onetime campaign manager employed a Russian intelligence officer was the headline-grabbing finding of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's fifth and final Russian interference report, released Aug. 18 at the time of the Democratic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mueller, Weissmann Op-Eds at Odds With Their Own Report]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/07/16/mueller_and_weissmann_op-eds_greatly_at_odds_with_their_report_and_evidence_124483.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In response to President Trump's commutation of Roger Stone's prison sentence last week, the Russia investigation's two lead prosecutors published op-eds in the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s top newspapers that fueled the collusion narrative their own investigation failed to validate. As they chided...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Bolton's Book Bursts His Hype as Star Witness]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/06/23/bolton_memoir_undercuts_his_impeachment_hype_124146.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In late January, John Bolton became the latest '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and unlikeliest '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' official to enjoy a moment of Resistance glory. A New York Times report about Bolton's forthcoming memoir fueled round-the-clock expectations that the former national security adviser would substantiate the core...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CrowdStrike President Under Oath: No Proof of Russia DNC Hack]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/05/13/hidden_over_2_years_dem_cyber-firms_sworn_testimony_it_had_no_proof_of_russian_hack_of_dnc_123596.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[CrowdStrike, the cyber-security firm that first accused Russia of hacking Democratic Party emails and served as a critical source for U.S. intelligence officials in the years-long Trump-Russia probe, privately acknowledged more than two years ago that it had no evidence that Russian...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Impeachment Non-Bombshells, War-Profiteering and 2020]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/impeachment-sondland-democrats/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Unmerited hype about Gordon Sondland's testimony has overshadowed the potential damage that the impeachment saga poses for the presidential election.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Brennan Dossier and the False Collusion Narrative]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/11/15/the_brennan_dossier_all_about_a_prime_mover_of_russiagate_121098.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the waning days of the Obama administration, the U.S. intelligence community produced a report saying Russian President Vladimir Putin had tried to swing the 2016 election to Donald Trump.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Investigating the Investigators Is Important]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/russiagate-brennan/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There are legitimate grounds to probe the intelligence officials behind the all-consuming Trump-Russia affair.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Here Are 5 Big Holes in Mueller's Work]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/08/01/here_are_5_big_holes_in_muellers_work_119790.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Robert Mueller'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s two-year, $25.2 million investigation was supposed to provide the definitive account of Donald Trump, Russia and the 2016 election. Yet even after he issued a 448-page report and testified for five hours before Congress, critical aspects remain unexplained, calling...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mueller Report Undercuts Its Own Core Russia-Meddling Claims]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/06/27/crowdstrikeout_muellers_own_report_undercuts_its_core_russia-meddling_claims.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By Aaron Mat'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('ƒ').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('©').';', RealClearInvestigationsJuly 5, 2019Amazon.comAt a May press conference capping his tenure as special counsel, Robert Mueller emphasized what he called]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Collusion Conspiracy Theory Was an Attack on Democracy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/russiagate-trump-mueller-report-no-collusion/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The real Russiagate scandal is the damage it has to our democratic system and media.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Elite Fixation With Russiagate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/elite-fixation-russiagate/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Aaron Mate</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Does a broader public share this sense of crisis?]]></description>
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