Dmitri Mehlhorn, a top political advisor to Democratic megadonor and LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, reportedly urged “sympathetic journalists” to entertain the idea that the shooting of former President Donald Trump might have been “staged.” In an email sent to these journalists, including Semafor, Mehlhorn wrote.
One ‘possibility’ — which feels horrific and alien and absurd in America but is quite common globally — is that this ‘shooting’ was encouraged and maybe even staged so Trump could get the photos and benefit from the backlash. This is a classic Russian tactic, such as when Putin killed 300 civilians in 1999 and blamed it on terrorists to ride the backlash to winning power. Others who have embraced this tactic of committing raw evil and then benefiting from the backlash include Hamas on October 7. If any Trump officials encouraged or knew of this attack, that is morally horrific, and Republicans of decency must demand that Trump step down as unfit.
Mehlhorn also suggested another possibility for Saturday’s shooting was that “some crazy anti-Trumper in this chaotic moment decided to assassinate the former President.” Hoffman’s top political advisor, who created the “Investing in US” fund with the LinkedIn cofounder, suggested that his theory was more toward the false flag theory. A false flag is a “military action carried out with the intention of blaming an opponent for it,” according to BBC News, and experts have told USA Today that conspiracy theorists regularly misuse the term to claim major events were a hoax.
The Democrats are behind it all. They are a terrorist organization that must be designated as such.
Wow. reidhoffman’s Democrat strategist sent an email to reporters asking them to push the idea that the Trump shooting was staged.
Reid should be booted off the @Microsoft board over this and Democrats should return his. If not, they approve of this: https://t.co/BQrfLQNIiU.
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A Democratic powerbroker who pushed the conspiracy theory that the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump was “staged” has visited the Biden White House at least 10 times, a Washington Free Beacon review of visitor logs found.
Dmitri Mehlhorn and Reid Hoffman met in September 2023 with Katharine Reilly, an aide in the White House chief of staff’s office. Mehlhorn has had three meetings with Jordan Finkelstein, a longtime aide to Dunn, the Biden communications guru. Dunn has faced scrutiny amid growing evidence of Biden’s cognitive and physical decline. She is part of a tight circle of Biden advisers who crafted a strategy to minimize his age-related struggles, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Mehlhorn has also met with two officials in the White House’s political office, Sabrina Bousbar and Jorge Santiago-Moreno, the records show. It is unclear what Mehlhorn discussed during those visits. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
While Biden criticized the assassination attempt, some of his advisers are reportedly hoping to take advantage of the crisis for political gain. Biden advisers say the shooting provides Biden an opportunity to appear presidential and call for unity in the country, according to Axios.
Mehlhorn apologized for his comments after they came to light. He told Semafor his email was “drafted without consultation.
