26-09-2019 15:08 via sltrib.com

Political Cornflakes: The Trump-Zelensky transcript contains an obscure conspiracy theory reference

Happy Thursday!Remember the name Crowdstrike. It’s among the more bizarre aspects of the just-released rough transcript of the call between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart.It turns out Crowdstrike is the name of a U.S. cybersecurity firm that, according to a conspiracy theory propagated by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, helped Ukraine frame Russia in the 2016 hacking of a Democratic National Committee server. [NYTimes]Topping the news: Utah Sen. Mitt Romney called the rou
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