Let me understand this; Hannity is running with the story that DNC staffer Seth Rich’s death is linked to this whole Russian/ Trump advisors conspiracy and is complaining it’s growing legs like the “birther” conspiracy, a conspiracy he promoted because of the then celebrity involvement of Trump. – PB/TK
Hannity compares Russia investigation to birther conspiracy that used to be on ‘Hannity’ – By Dillan Stableford / June 20 2017
Sean Hannity says the federal investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election is looking like the so-called birther conspiracy that was for years fueled by Donald Trump.
“This has now become, like, ‘Russia-Trump-conspiracy-birther-conspiracies,’” Hannity told Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow during an interview on Fox News Monday night. “You know, sort of truthers. It’s gotten so bad.”
“Right,” Sekulow said in agreement.
For more than five years, Trump led the movement questioning President Barack Obama’s birthplace — even after Obama released his long-form birth certificate in 2011. And Hannity, one of Trump’s longtime supporters, gave him the platform to do so.
In April 2011, Trump appeared on Hannity’s Fox News show explaining the origin of the theory, saying that a “team of investigators” he had sent to Hawaii had uncovered some “very interesting” things. Trump never revealed what those purported things were, or presented any evidence that the investigators actually existed.
Nonetheless, Hannity — who has a habit of propping up unfounded right-wing conspiracies — continued to defend Trump’s birther push on the air and lashed out at those who said the issue was an effort to delegitimize the country’s first black president.
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