Journalist says 'desperate' actors are pitching bombshell stories to media to impact 'the end of the race'

Veteran governmental writer Mark Halperin issued a informing astir bombshell stories involving either statesmanlike campaigner this adjacent to the election, aft The Atlantic published a arguable report astir erstwhile President Trump connected Tuesday.

The Atlantic portion alleges Trump disparaged a slain Mexican-American Army backstage portion helium was successful office. However, respective figures progressive successful the story, including the fallen soldier's sister, person disputed the report's claims arsenic false.

Halperin addressed the arguable study connected his livestream amusement "The Morning Meeting" connected Wednesday, to pass that there's "all sorts of things being floated retired there" to journalists close present trying to discredit each candidate.

"Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic conscionable happened to people his communicative 2 weeks earlier the predetermination with accusations against Donald Trump, immoderate of which person been disputed for the archetypal time, immoderate of which person been disputed for rather immoderate time. And the constituent I was making is there's each sorts of things being floated retired there. Maybe Jeffrey Goldberg conscionable happened to decorativeness the communicative 2 weeks earlier the election," helium began.

"I cognize of 1 communicative that's been pitched to a large paper and to me, and for each I know, to galore others, that I don't judge is true. But if it's true, arsenic I said yesterday, it would extremity Donald Trump's campaign, conscionable arsenic if the accusations, present thoroughly debunked, contributed by American quality to Russia astir Tim Walz, if those were true, it would extremity his campaign."

WHITE HOUSE ATTACKS 'FALSE' ATLANTIC STORY ABOUT TRUMP INSULTING DEAD SOLDIERS: 'WHAT A DISGRACE!'

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump waves astatine a run rally astatine Greensboro Coliseum connected Tuesday, Oct. 22, successful Greensboro, N.C.  (AP/Alex Brandon)

"What we're seeing successful the last days  — is the constituent I was making — is, actors who privation a definite outcome, are connected societal media and successful pitches to reporters, and successful the lawsuit of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, penning himself, are trying to impact the extremity of the contention due to the fact that they're truthful hopeless to effort to propulsion a Comey," helium continued, referring to the erstwhile FBI Director's determination to re-open the probe into then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's backstage email server, days earlier the 2016 election.

Halperin clarified helium wouldn't beryllium digging deeper into the communicative helium was pitched due to the fact that helium didn't judge it was legitimate, but helium reiterated that these types of stories were being offered to media outlets. 

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"I'm not pursuing the story. I don't deliberation it's true. People successful Mar-a-Lago, calm down. All I'm saying is determination are radical retired determination pitching worldly and and if it were true, it would extremity his campaign," helium said.

ATLANTIC ARTICLE COMPARING TRUMP TO ‘HITLER, STALIN’ SPARKS CRITICISM ONLINE FROM JOURNALISTS, PUNDITS 

US President Donald Trump speaks with Gloria Guillen (3rd L), the parent of Vanessa Guillen, a Fort Hood worker recovered dormant aft disappearing from Fort Hood, Texas, arsenic good arsenic her household and lawyer successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, DC, connected July 30, 2020. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Goldberg's study successful The Atlantic besides claimed Trump said, "I request the benignant of generals that Hitler had. People who were wholly loyal to him, that travel orders," citing 2 unnamed sources who allegedly heard him accidental it successful the White House. 

A spokesperson for Trump called the assertion "absolutely false," telling Goldberg, "President Trump ne'er said this."

Goldberg was besides the writer behind the 2020 report alleging then-President Trump disparaged fallen soldiers buried astatine the Aisne-Marne American cemetery adjacent Paris as "suckers" and the onshore was "filled with losers" backmost successful 2018, each of which was based connected anonymous sources.  

Donald Trump and Vanessa Guillen (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images; Sergio Flores/Getty Images)

Both Trump and White House officials powerfully denied Goldberg's reporting astatine the time.

The Atlantic did not instantly respond to a petition for remark connected Halperin's remarks.

Fox News' Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.

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