DISINFO: Nancy Pelosi's stolen laptop contains a lot of negative information about Democrats and "Clintonids"
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: ru.armeniasputnik.am (archived)*
  • Date of publication: January 11, 2021
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 227
  • Countries / regions discussed: US
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Democratic Party (US) Provocation Conspiracy theory

DISINFO: Nancy Pelosi's stolen laptop contains a lot of negative information about Democrats and "Clintonids"

SUMMARY

A laptop with extremely important information disappeared from Nancy Pelosi’s office. Pelosi also confirmed that a laptop containing a lot of negative information about Democrats and “Clintonids” was missing from her office. This information shows that during the massive provocation in Congress, a completely different game was going on at the same time.

RESPONSE

Conspiracy theory, unfounded statement, with no evidence. One of the favorite pro-Kremlin narratives about the the alleged existence of a "Deep state" or “Clintonids”.

A laptop was stolen from a conference room during the Capitol building raid, an aide to the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said. However, Nancy Pelosi did not make any statements or "confirm" anything about the content of the laptop. Deputy chief of staff Drew Hammill said on Twitter that the laptop was only used for presentations, but did not go into further detail about whether anything else was stolen from the speaker.

Тhe idea of a "Deep State" has always been very popular among conspiracy theorists. Its manifestations might be different, but generally, the concept conjures up the image of a small group of men, deciding the fate of the world behind the scenes. However, there is no evidence of such a "Deep State" existing in the United States. No reputable political scientists and researchers confirm the existence of a “Deep State” in the United States.

See other examples of this disinformation narrative in our database, such as claims that the result of the US 2020 election doesn’t matter because the real ruler is the Deep State, which will kill any US president that confronts it, that Hillary Clinton published the Deep State strategy for the world .

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