List of Commentators Who Acknowledge They Were Wrong About Russiagate

There was no evidence of any collusion between the Russian government and the Trump campaign. This was the conclusion of the Mueller report that was made public last April. The conclusion was subsequently confirmed by Robert Mueller himself in his testimony before Congress in late July.

Of course, if you had predicted in 2017 or even in 2018 that Mueller would find no evidence of collusion many hundreds or thousands of journalists, pundits, politicians, podcasters, TV hosts and other commentators would have thought you were a fool or worse.

Now that they've had several months to reflect it may be instructive to see which of the people who were at some point so confident that there was Trump-Russia collusion now publicly acknowledge that they jumped the gun.

A while ago I published a list of commentators and media organizations who were rationally skeptical throughout Russiagate, who always insisted that the publicly available evidence for collusion simply wasn't there. They deserve praise for getting it right.

But because intellectual honesty matters we should also praise the people who once believed in collusion but who now acknowledge that they were wrong.

You can find their names on the list below. Suggestions for additions are welcome.

Acknowledged They Were Wrong about Russiagate 

1. Michael Isikoff
2. Bobby Chesney (55:00)
3. Stewart Baker (57:15)
4. James A. Gagliano

This list will be updated with more names when needed.

Bill Browder's Sergei Magnitsky Story Is a Lie

Bill Browder tells the story of how his whistle blower lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was murdered in a Russian prison to cover up a massive fraud he had discovered. This story has been a key element in the current anti-Russia narrative that is so pervasive in Western European and North American politics.

It is also completely false.