Michael Shellenberger Explains How the CIA and USAID Were Behind Trump 2019 Impeachment

SHELLENBERGER Hi everybody it ░░░░░░░░ Mike Shellenberger for Public ░░░░░░░░ House of Representatives impeached ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump in December ░░░░░░░░ after a White House ░░░░░░░░ went public with evidence ░░░░░░░░ Trump had abused his ░░░░░░░░ by withholding military aid ░░░░░░░░ Ukraine in order to ░░░░░░░░ up dirt on his ░░░░░░░░ Joe Biden In the ░░░░░░░░ the whistleblower claimed to ░░░░░░░░ heard from White House ░░░░░░░░ that Trump had on ░░░░░░░░ phone call directed Ukrainian ░░░░░░░░ Volodymyr Zelenskyy to work ░░░░░░░░ his personal attorney Rudy ░░░░░░░░ to investigate Joe Biden ░░░░░░░░ Hunter Biden The whistleblower ░░░░░░░░ triggered the impeachment was ░░░░░░░░ CIA analyst who was ░░░░░░░░ brought into the White ░░░░░░░░ by the Obama Administration ░░░░░░░░ by Drop Site News ░░░░░░░░ year revealed that the ░░░░░░░░ analyst relied on reporting ░░░░░░░░ a supposedly independent investigative ░░░░░░░░ organization called the Organized ░░░░░░░░ and Corruption Reporting Project ░░░░░░░░ the OCCRP which appears ░░░░░░░░ have effectively operated as ░░░░░░░░ arm of the United ░░░░░░░░ Agency for International Development ░░░░░░░░ which President Trump has ░░░░░░░░ shut down The CIA ░░░░░░░░ complaint cited a long ░░░░░░░░ by OCCRP four times ░░░░░░░░ OCCRP report alleged that ░░░░░░░░ Soviet born Florida businessmen ░░░░░░░░ key hidden actors behind ░░░░░░░░ plan by Trump to ░░░░░░░░ the Bidens Those two ░░░░░░░░ connected Giuliani to two ░░░░░░░░ Ukrainian prosecutors according to ░░░░░░░░ The OCCRP story was ░░░░░░░░ to the House Democrats ░░░░░░░░ claim which is that ░░░░░░░░ dispatched Giuliani as part ░░░░░░░░ a coordinated effort to ░░░░░░░░ a foreign country to ░░░░░░░░ in the 2020 presidential ░░░░░░░░ which is why the ░░░░░░░░ cited it four separate ░░░░░░░░ In a 2024 documentary ░░░░░░░░ German television broadcaster NDR ░░░░░░░░ about OCCRP s dependence ░░░░░░░░ the U S government ░░░░░░░░ USAID official confirmed that ░░░░░░░░ approves OCCRP s annual ░░░░░░░░ plan and approves new ░░░░░░░░ of key personnel NDR ░░░░░░░░ and carried out the ░░░░░░░░ with French investigative news ░░░░░░░░ Mediapart an Italian new ░░░░░░░░ Il Fatto Quotidiano Reporters ░░░░░░░░ in Greece and Drop ░░░░░░░░ News in the United ░░░░░░░░ However according to a ░░░░░░░░ story published the same ░░░░░░░░ as the Drop Site ░░░░░░░░ article NDR censored the ░░░░░░░░ after US journalist Drew ░░░░░░░░ the co founder and ░░░░░░░░ of the OCCRP placed ░░░░░░░░ on the NDR management ░░░░░░░░ made false accusations against ░░░░░░░░ broadcaster s journalists involved ░░░░░░░░ the project On December ░░░░░░░░ Drop Site s Ryan ░░░░░░░░ posted a Link on ░░░░░░░░ to the 26 minute ░░░░░░░░ documentary NDR Germany s ░░░░░░░░ broadcaster is facing a ░░░░░░░░ scandal he wrote and ░░░░░░░░ defended itself by saying ░░░░░░░░ never killed a news ░░░░░░░░ about OCCRP and its ░░░░░░░░ Department funding because no ░░░░░░░░ was ever produced to ░░░░░░░░ That was absurd wrote ░░░░░░░░ and dozens maybe hundreds ░░░░░░░░ journalists knew it to ░░░░░░░░ false and now of ░░░░░░░░ someone has leaked it ░░░░░░░░ Drop Site journalistic collaboration ░░░░░░░░ that OCCRP s original ░░░░░░░░ came from the Bureau ░░░░░░░░ International Narcotics and Law ░░░░░░░░ Affairs of the State ░░░░░░░░ and it quotes a ░░░░░░░░ official who says HENNING ░░░░░░░░ s just nervous about ░░░░░░░░ linked with law enforcement ░░░░░░░░ About what HENNING Well ░░░░░░░░ sources may be right ░░░░░░░░ people that are going ░░░░░░░░ give you information think ░░░░░░░░ you re just a ░░░░░░░░ right I mean maybe ░░░░░░░░ s a problem Or ░░░░░░░░ other governments you know ░░░░░░░░ you know say you ░░░░░░░░ trying to get into ░░░░░░░░ country and do something ░░░░░░░░ the government says Oh ░░░░░░░░ re what are you ░░░░░░░░ enforcement or not right ░░░░░░░░ there s a need ░░░░░░░░ you know the separation ░░░░░░░░ independence is important Because ░░░░░░░░ you lose that you ░░░░░░░░ your your sense of ░░░░░░░░ you know your it ░░░░░░░░ a value your reputation ░░░░░░░░ incredibly important SHELLENBERGER OCCRP ░░░░░░░░ not operate like a ░░░░░░░░ investigative journalism organization in ░░░░░░░░ its goals appear to ░░░░░░░░ interfering in foreign political ░░░░░░░░ including elections aimed at ░░░░░░░░ change Sullivan told NDR ░░░░░░░░ We probably been responsible ░░░░░░░░ about five or six ░░░░░░░░ changing over from one ░░░░░░░░ to another government you ░░░░░░░░ because and getting you ░░░░░░░░ and people you know ░░░░░░░░ ministers indicted or thrown ░░░░░░░░ SHELLENBERGER As such it ░░░░░░░░ that CIA USAID and ░░░░░░░░ were all involved in ░░░░░░░░ impeachment of President Trump ░░░░░░░░ ways similar to the ░░░░░░░░ change operations that all ░░░░░░░░ organizations engage in abroad ░░░░░░░░ difference is that it ░░░░░░░░ highly illegal and even ░░░░░░░░ for CIA USAID and ░░░░░░░░ contractors and intermediaries often ░░░░░░░░ cut outs to interfere ░░░░░░░░ U S politics in ░░░░░░░░ way In response to ░░░░░░░░ that we sent to ░░░░░░░░ it threatened to file ░░░░░░░░ lawsuit against us The ░░░░░░░░ of your article is ░░░░░░░░ false and defamatory wrote ░░░░░░░░ Patrucic the Editor in ░░░░░░░░ of OCCRP over email ░░░░░░░░ claim by Dropsite News ░░░░░░░░ partner media that USAID ░░░░░░░░ control over editorial appointments ░░░░░░░░ been disproven she wrote ░░░░░░░░ we suggest you read ░░░░░░░░ response to that But ░░░░░░░░ OCCRP nor anyone else ░░░░░░░░ Drop Site s allegations ░░░░░░░░ Drop Site stands by ░░░░░░░░ And the evidence does ░░░░░░░░ support OCCRP s claim ░░░░░░░░ journalistic independence SHELLENBERGER If ░░░░░░░░ re not already a ░░░░░░░░ to Public please subscribe ░░░░░░░░ to support our award ░░░░░░░░ investigative journalism our defense ░░░░░░░░ free speech and to ░░░░░░░░ the rest of this ░░░░░░░░ and read the rest ░░░░░░░░ the article.”