Raw Story Jun 19, 2021

BUSTED: 'Italygate' election conspiracy leader lied about owning $30 million mansion

New information is coming to light on one of the most ridiculous of the conspiracy theories Trump supporters pushed as part of the "Big Lie" that sought to…

https://www.rawstory.com/italygate/

The Daily Beast Jun 19, 2021

Ex-GOP Congressional Candidate in 'Italygate' Conspiracy Theory Falsely Claimed to Own $30M House: Report

The Piper PA-46 was preparing to land when it hit the Cessna 172, the FAA said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-gop-congressional-candidate-in-italygate-conspiracy-theory-falsely-claimed-to-own-dollar30m-house-report

Esquire Jun 21, 2021

Washington Post Reveals Origin of 'Italygate' Conspiracy Theory

Within days, a lunatic conspiracy theory was being pressed upon the Department of Justice by the White House chief of staff.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a36786690/italygate-election-conspiracy-theory-trump-mark-meadows/

Talking Points Memo Jun 21, 2021

'How Is She In My House?' Woman At Center Of ItalyGate Was Up To Some Weird Things

The story of Michele Ballarin, the Virginia realtor and Somali pirate hostage negotiator with ties to MAGAland's bonkers "ItalyGate" conspiracy theory…

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-is-she-in-my-house-woman-at-center-of-italygate-was-up-to-some-weird-things

Wonkette Jun 21, 2021

Remember Italygate? Turns Out People Behind It About As Authentic As Pasta With Ketchup

Nice country you got there! Would be a shame if the barflies from Tattooine happened to it.

https://www.wonkette.com/remember-italygate-turns-out-the-people-behind-it-are-as-authentic-as-pasta-with-ketchup

The Daily Beast Jun 28, 2021

John Oliver Exposes the Craziest Election Conspiracy Yet

Yes, Trump's former chief of staff wanted to investigate an unsubstantiated theory that the Italian military and satellites changed Trump votes to Biden in…

https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-oliver-exposes-italygate-the-craziest-election-conspiracy-yet

The Daily Dot Jun 28, 2021

Trump supporters are (finally) turning against ItalyGate

This week's Monday edition of the Daily Dot 'Internet Insider' newsletter takes a look at the ItalyGate conspiracy theory.

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/politics-newsletter-trump-italygate-06-28-2021/

Inman News Jun 29, 2021

Real estate agent at center of bizarre ‘Italygate’ election conspiracy theory

Michele Roosevelt Edwards leads two little-known companies that both appeared to spread a conspiracy theory known as Italygate.

https://www.inman.com/2021/06/29/real-estate-agent-at-center-of-bizarre-italygate-election-conspiracy-theory/

Talking Points Memo May 4, 2022

Score One For ItalyGate: Kansas To Investigate Trump 2020 Win

In March, the Kansas legislature's Committee on Federal and State Affairs heard a wild tale: the 2020 election was compromised, and Italy was responsible.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/score-one-for-italygate-kansas-to-investigate-trump-2020-win

Wonkette May 4, 2022

Italygate Election Conspiracy Theory Takes Kansas By Storm!

Italygate is back, baby! And it's taking Kansas by storm! If none of those words mean anything to you, congratulations, your brain has unfucked itself from…

https://www.wonkette.com/italygate-election-conspiracy-theory-takes-kansas-by-storm

The Daily Dot

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Loudermilk’s ‘dear friend’ delivered him wildly conspiratorial documents on Jan. 6 to help overturn the 2020 election

An election conspiracy theorist, Maria Strollo Zack says she hand-delivered an election document alleging fraud to Rep. Barry Loudermilk.

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/barry-loudermilk-maria-strollo-zack/

Axios

DoD investigated "Italygate" conspiracy theory per Trump request

Former Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller called a high-ranking official in Rome to look into the so-called "Italygate" at the request of the…

https://www.axios.com/2022/06/23/miller-defense-department-italy-trump-election

Yahoo News

Defense secretary called Italy to debunk ridiculous 'Italygate' conspiracy theory

An MSNBC panel discusses the nationally embarrassing revelation in the fifth January 6th hearing that U.S. Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller was made…

https://news.yahoo.com/defense-secretary-called-italy-debunk-051013621.html

The Washington Post

Rep. Scott Perry played key role in promoting false claims of fraud

Of all the fantastical false claims of fraud and vote manipulation in the 2020 presidential election, “Italygate” was one of the most extreme. And Rep.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/23/scott-perry/

PolitiZoom

Katie Phang Talks Me Through Today's “Italygate” Testimony

I work during the day and so didn't get to follow the J6 Committee Hearing as closely as I should, and when I did get home there was the scurrilous SCOTUS…

https://politizoom.com/katie-phang-talks-me-through-todays-italygate-testimony/

YouTube

Defense Secretary Called Italy To Debunk Ridiculous 'Italygate' Conspiracy Theory

An MSNBC panel discusses the nationally embarrassing revelation in the fifth January 6th hearing that U.S. Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller was made…

https://youtu.be/Qlc88sV7TP4

SpyTalk

'Italygate' Conspiracy Pusher Was Fired by CIA

The former CIA man at the heart of “Italygate,” the pro-Trump, Qanon-fueled conspiracy theory that satellites and military technology were used to steal the…

https://www.spytalk.co/p/italygate-conspiracy-pusher-was-fired

Fact check: Claims of electoral fraud in Rome, dubbed 'ItalyGate,' are baseless

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/08/fact-check-italygate-claims-electoral-fraud-rome-baseless/6567335002/

Rep. Scott Perry played key role in promoting false claims of fraudJune 23, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/23/scott-perry/

Meadows Pressed Justice Dept. to Investigate Election Fraud Claims

Emails show the increasingly urgent efforts by President Trump and his allies during his last days in office to find some way to undermine, or even nullify, the election results.

'https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/05/us/politics/mark-meadows-justice-department-election.html

DoD investigated "Italygate" conspiracy theory per Trump requestJun 23, 2022

https://www.axios.com/2022/06/23/miller-defense-department-italy-trump-election

ITALYGATE: How votes were switched throughout the U.S. Presidential race

Italygate: is the Italian government directly involved in the US election fraud against Trump?

https://www.thethinkingconservative.com/italygate-how-votes-were-switched-throughout-the-u-s-presidential-race/

Fact check: Evidence disproves claims of Italian conspiracy to meddle in U.S. election (known as #ItalyGate)January 15, 2021

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-fact-check-debunking-italy-gate-idUSKBN29K2N8/

The military-intelligence veterans who helped lead Trump’s campaign of disinformation

INQUIRY: U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Colonel Ivan Raiklin, speaking last month at a pro-Trump election event in New Hampshire, faces a military review after spreading voting conspiracy claims.

After Donald Trump lost the White House, ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and three other current and former U.S. Army officerschallenged the vote’s legitimacy and pushed baseless conspiracy claims. Military ethicists say their actions threaten to weaken the public’s faith in democracy.

By ARAM ROSTON, BRAD HEATH, JOHN SHIFFMAN and PETER EISLER Filed Dec. 15, 2021, noon GMT

During the Afghan and Iraq wars, the careers of two military officers often intersected. Army General Michael Flynn and an Army Reserve colonel named Phil Waldron worked together on secret projects in both countries, Waldron said. When Flynn was appointed to run the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency in 2012, Waldron said he worked at the DIA’s clandestine service.

Flynn was an intel expert. Waldron’s specialty was psychological operations, or PSYOPs – targeting foreign adversaries, as an Army field manual describes, “to influence their emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately, the behavior of foreign governments, organizations, groups, and individuals.”

Now the two military veterans, along with at least two other retired and reserve officers, are engaged in a new mission, this time with a domestic target: They are central to the far-right effort to persuade Americans that the 2020 election was stolen from then-President Donald

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-military/

Guise! Guise! We gotta do something about all the ELECTION INTERFERENCE though!

==THE REAL 2020 ELECTION INTERFERENCE ITALYGATE > ITALIAN MILITARY CONTRACTOR LEONARDO SPA > OBAMA > RENZI ++==

Some things are better left untold [cov]. Public truths of some events force wars. WWIII prevent. #4021

Italygatehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italygate

Fact check: Evidence disproves claims of Italian conspiracy to meddle in U.S. election (known as #ItalyGate)January 15, 2021

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-fact-check-debunking-italy-gate-idUSKBN29K2N8/

ITALYGATE: How votes were switched throughout the U.S. Presidential race

Italygate: is the Italian government directly involved in the US election fraud against Trump?

https://www.thethinkingconservative.com/italygate-how-votes-were-switched-throughout-the-u-s-presidential-race/

DoD investigated "Italygate" conspiracy theory per Trump requestJun 23, 2022

https://www.axios.com/2022/06/23/miller-defense-department-italy-trump-election

Meadows Pressed Justice Dept. to Investigate Election Fraud Claims

Emails show the increasingly urgent efforts by President Trump and his allies during his last days in office to find some way to undermine, or even nullify, the election results.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/05/us/politics/mark-meadows-justice-department-election.html

Rep. Scott Perry played key role in promoting false claims of fraudJune 23, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/23/scott-perry/

Fact check: Claims of electoral fraud in Rome, dubbed 'ItalyGate,' are baseless

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/08/fact-check-italygate-claims-electoral-fraud-rome-baseless/6567335002/

SpyTalk

'Italygate' Conspiracy Pusher Was Fired by CIA

The former CIA man at the heart of “Italygate,” the pro-Trump, Qanon-fueled conspiracy theory that satellites and military technology were used to steal the…

https://www.spytalk.co/p/italygate-conspiracy-pusher-was-fired

YouTube

Defense Secretary Called Italy To Debunk Ridiculous 'Italygate' Conspiracy Theory

An MSNBC panel discusses the nationally embarrassing revelation in the fifth January 6th hearing that U.S. Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller was made…

https://youtu.be/Qlc88sV7TP4

PolitiZoom

Katie Phang Talks Me Through Today's “Italygate” Testimony

I work during the day and so didn't get to follow the J6 Committee Hearing as closely as I should, and when I did get home there was the scurrilous SCOTUS…

https://politizoom.com/katie-phang-talks-me-through-todays-italygate-testimony/

The Washington Post

Rep. Scott Perry played key role in promoting false claims of fraud

Of all the fantastical false claims of fraud and vote manipulation in the 2020 presidential election, “Italygate” was one of the most extreme. And Rep.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/23/scott-perry/

Yahoo News

Defense secretary called Italy to debunk ridiculous 'Italygate' conspiracy theory

An MSNBC panel discusses the nationally embarrassing revelation in the fifth January 6th hearing that U.S. Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller was made…

https://news.yahoo.com/defense-secretary-called-italy-debunk-051013621.html

Axios

DoD investigated "Italygate" conspiracy theory per Trump request

Former Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller called a high-ranking official in Rome to look into the so-called "Italygate" at the request of the…

https://www.axios.com/2022/06/23/miller-defense-department-italy-trump-election

Ding! Ding! Ding! Round #2…