The Gateway Pundit has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the US State Department to find out what role Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland played in the January 11 death of US journalist Gonzalo Lira. Disinformation expert Eoin Lenihan called for an investigation into the issue of Ukrainian transgender people. A spokesperson for Sarah Ashton Cirillo regarding Lira's death.
The Gateway Pundit submitted the following Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the State Department today:
What communications have there been since February 24, 2022 between the US State Department and the US Embassy in Kiev regarding US citizen Gonzalo Lira?
Specifically, what communications have occurred since February 24, 2022 between Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and U.S. Ambassador to Kyiv Bridget Brink regarding U.S. citizen Gonzalo Lira?
What communications have existed since February 24, 2022 within the US Federal Government, and between the US Federal Government and the Ukrainian Government, specifically with the Ukrainian security service SBU, regarding US citizen Gonzalo Lira?
It usually takes about. One month to receive a response to a FOIA request, according to the Department of Justice's Office of Information Policy.
According to ZeroHedge contributor Liam Cosgrove, Gonzalo Lira's father, Gonzalo Lira Sr., wrote:
My son Gonzalo Lira died in a Kharkiv hospital between 11-12 noon Ukrainian time yesterday, January 11, 2024.
I cannot accept the way my son died. He was tortured, blackmailed, and held incommunicado for 8 months and 11 days, and the US Embassy did nothing to help my son. (Responsible for) this tragedy is Dictator Zelensky with the approval of senile US President Joe Biden.
Please read his attached file from the kangaroo court hearings and you will see that the charges were a political matter and that Biden gave the green light to that bloody dictator to put my son in prison. My pain is unbearable. The world should know what is going on in Ukraine with that inhuman dictator Zelensky.
If you believe in democracy and decency, let the world know what they did to a very decent and intelligent man who predicted that Ukraine would never win the war against Russia and that financial sanctions would backfire on the United States.
Gonzalo Lira Sr. posted a link to all the Ukrainian court documents accusing Gonzalo Lira of “spreading Russian propaganda.”
In a private email to Gonzalo Lira's father, the US State Department acknowledged that it was aware of Lira's hospitalization by at least December.
It was after Lira Sr. informed the department that his son was suffering from a pneumothorax – a condition of leakage and collapse… pic.twitter.com/gyf9oQ9wTX
– Liam Cosgrove (@cosgrove_iv) January 12, 2024
“I'm sure sociopaths would argue, in fact, that the lira is worth it,” U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) wrote on Twitter. “But count me as one of those who thinks our welfare agents shouldn't be executing our citizens.”
I'm sure sociopaths would argue, in fact, that Lyra deserves it. But count me as one of those who believe our welfare agents should not execute our citizens. https://t.co/TYApwM3Wd6
– JD Vance (@JDVance1) January 12, 2024
Speaking to reporter Luke Rudkowski, US presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said it was “disgusting” that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky allowed an American journalist to die in prison. “Pro-war Republicans, Lindsey Grahams and Nikki Haleys, where do they stand on this? … It should shock our conscience that you don't hear members of the establishment of either party care.”
Vivek Ramaswamy is the only presidential candidate to talk about Gonzalo Lira. Say his name. pic.twitter.com/uS39sOzmsW
– Ian Miles Cheung (@Stillgray) January 13, 2024
US citizen and Ukrainian transgender spokesperson Michael John Cirillo, who wears a wig and calls himself Sarah Ashton Cirillo, celebrated Gonzalo's arrest on May 5, and stated that he met Gonzalo Lira in prison in Kharkiv on September 12. , 2023.
The day after this visit, Cirillo posted a grainy video on September 13, in which he appeared to celebrate the arrest of Gonzalo Lira and demand that he “pay for his crimes.”
“Next week, the Russian devils' teeth will gnash even harder, and their rabid mouths will foam with uncontrollable madness as the world will see.” One of the Kremlin's favorite propagandists is paying the price for their crimes. This puppet in Putin's hand is only the first. Russia's criminal war propagandists will do just that Everyone will be chased“Justice will be done because we in Ukraine lead this mission with faith in God, freedom and complete liberation,” Cirillo said.
Since many people are requesting this video and many are discussing it on Telegram and across social media channels, here is my latest episode of Russia Hates the Truth.
The Russians and their supporters gritted their teeth as expected.
– s. Ashton Cirillo (@SarahAshtonLV) September 13, 2023
Cirillo was then briefly suspended from his position as Ukrainian military spokesman after Senator J.D. Vance sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, asking whether Cirillo was being paid with U.S. funds. If he is a US citizen, and if there is reason to believe that Ukraine will commit acts of violence against people believed to be spreading “Russian propaganda.”
“I fear that US resources are supporting violence or the threat of violence against people for expressing their opinions,” Vance wrote. “It is noteworthy that any critic of America's incoherent Ukraine policy has been vilified as a propagandist, including many US presidential candidates and journalists. While we can debate the merits of these accusations, engaging in protected expression should not lead to threats of violence – Otherwise the First Amendment means nothing.
New Yorker Cirillo, born in Florida, came to Ukraine as a correspondent at the beginning of the war in March 2022, initially working in the government's propaganda center. Media Center Ukraine.
Media Center Ukraine Originated from 2014 Media Center for the Crisis in Ukrainewhich was funded by the US government, the European Union, and the Open Society Foundations and served as ground zero for the Ukrainegate scandal, as Gateway Pundit reported in 2019.
Cirillo became spokesman for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in August 2023 and was reinstated as spokesman in October.
The Daily Mail reported that Ashton Cirillo's work “was praised by Larisa Kombantseva, head of the Department of Strategic Communications and Applied Linguistics at the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine. Speaking at a NATO conference, Kombantseva described Ashton Cirillo as a “powerful information weapon”, during a panel discussion on “Gender analysis of the conflict in Ukraine.”
Another email cited by the Daily Mail said Ashton Cirillo “was cleared by an internal investigation two days after making the comments about Senator Vance. “We were able to clear Sarah of all charges and resolve all misunderstandings,” the letter read.
Disinformation expert Eoin Lenihan called for Cirillo to be “investigated and prosecuted for her role in the arrest and death of journalist Gonzalo Lira.”
It is imperative that “Sara” Cirillo be investigated and prosecuted for her role in the arrest and death of journalist Gonzalo Lira. In May 2023, Cirillo threatened: “We are coming for you.” Cirillo mocked Lira upon his arrest and met him in prison in September.
https://t.co/IK4KhTPBsI pic.twitter.com/MPBDqyGgEk– Dr. Eoin Lenihan (@EoinLenihan) January 12, 2024
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