FAR RIGHT CONSPIRACY THEORY. DR. BURNS DEBUNKS WHERE THATEXPL
THAT THEORY CAME FROM.
>> THERE’S A LOT BAKED INTO THAT
PHONE CALL BETWEEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND PRESIDENT ZELENSKY
THAT’S NOW AT THE CENTER OF AN
INQUIRY.
INQUIRY. IF YOU LOOK AT, THERE’S ONE THIN
THAT’S PECULIAR.
THAT’S PECULIAR. IT’S WHEN THE PRESIDENT
MENTIONED SOMETHING CALLED CROWD
STRIKE.
STRIKE. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE WHOLE
SITUATION WITH UKRAINE, THEY SAY
CROWD STRIKE I GUESS YOU HAVE
ONE OF YOUR PEOPLE, THE SERVER,
THEY SAY UKRAINE HAS IT.
OKAY, SO WHAT IS HE TALKING
ABOUT?
ABOUT? FROM THIS IT’S NOT EXACTLY CLEAR
WHAT THE PRESIDENT WANTS UKRAINE
TO DO.
TO DO. BUT IT DOES START TO MAKE SENSE
AFTER A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT.
CROWD STRIKE IS A CYBERSECURITY
COMPANY THAT DOES DIGITAL
FORENSICS.
FORENSICS. THEY’VE BEEN IN THE NEWS BEFORE.
>> WELCOME TO DAY ONE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
THERE WAS CHAOS ON THE FLOOR
BELOW US THIS AFTERNOON.
>> THOUSANDS OF HACKED E-MAILS
LEAKED TO WEEK EIKILEAKS.
>> E-MAILS WERE MADE PUBLIC.
AND U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS
CONFIRMED THAT.
CONFIRMED THAT. AND IT BECAME PART OF ROBERT
MUELLER’S INDICTMENT.
MUELLER’S INDICTMENT. BUT, OF COURSE, THE WORLD OF
CONSPIRACY THEORIES TELLS A
DIFFERENT TALE.
DIFFERENT TALE. BASICALLY 2016, RIGHT RING
BLOGS, NEWS WEBSITES AND NONE
OTHER THAN ROGER STONE HAVE
TRIED TO SPREAD THE IDEA THAT
DEMOCRATS AND CROWD STRIKE
FRAMED RUSSIA IN ORDER TO
DISCREDIT TRUMP’S VICTORY.
THEY CLAIM THAT EVIDENCE OF THIS
HAS BEEN HITTEN ON A DNC SERVER
SOMEWHERE IN UKRAINE, POSSIBLY
BY THE CROWD STRIKE FOUNDER.
THEY OFTEN REFER TO HIM AS A
UKRAINIAN BILLIONAIRE.
UKRAINIAN BILLIONAIRE. REMEMBER TRUMP MENTIONED A
WEALTHY UKRAINIAN IN THAT PHONE
CALL.
CALL. HERE’S THE THING, HE WAS
ACTUALLY BORN IN MOSCOW.
NOT UKRAINE.
NOT UKRAINE. AND HE’S AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
HIS COMPANY IS BASED IN
SUNNYVEILSUNNY
SUNNYVEILSUNNY SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA.
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA. THE DNC SAYS THE SERVERS WERE
REBUILT.
REBUILT. ONE OF THEM IS ON DISPLAY AT THE
DNC OFFICE.
DNC OFFICE. HERE IT IS IN A "NEW YORK TIMES"
PHOTO RIGHT NEXT TO A FILING
CABINET THAT WAS BROKEN INTO
DURING THE WATERGATE SCANDAL.
CROWD STRIKE AND U.S.
INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS EXAMINED
ALL THAT AND SHARED THE SAME
FINDINGS.
FINDINGS. THAT RUSSIANS HACKED THE DNC.
EVEN TRUMP’S OWN FORMER HOMELAND
SECURITY ADVISOR AGREES.
THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN FIXATED
ON THIS FOR YEARS NOW.
>> WHERE IS THE SERVER?
I WANT TO KNOW WHERE IS THE
SERVER AND WHAT IS THE SERVER
SAYING?
SAYING? >> SO TO SUMMARIZE, CROWD STRIKE
IS A CYBERSECURITY COMPANY THAT
HELPED UNCOVER RUSSIAN MEDDLING
WHEN INVESTIGATING THE DNC HACK
DURING THE 2016 ELECTION.
A FAR RIGHT CONSPIRACY THEORY
ALLEGES THAT THE COMPANY FRAMED
RUSSIA IN ORDER TO DISCREDIT
TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY.
TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY. AND THE THEORY HINGES ON THE
BELIEF THAT THIS INFORMATION IS
SITTING ON A MISSING DNC SERVER
THAT MADE ITS WAY TO UKRAINE.
AND THAT IS WHAT TRUMP SEEMS TO
REFERENCE WHEN HE SKZASKS FOR FA
ON THAT NOW INFAMOUS JULY PHONE