On Monday, Valerie Plame, a former undercover CIA operative who became famous from a CIA leak scandal in 2003, released a campaign ad accusing President Trump of pardoning the man who “took revenge against my husband and leaked my identity.” In a fact-check for The Washington Post Tuesday, Glenn Kessler, who testified at the leak trial, debunked Plame’s attempt to blame Scooter Libby for leaking her information and called her out for exaggerating her role in the CIA and trying to make Trump the bad guy.
Plame, who is running as a Democrat for New Mexico’s 3rd District, has made clear that she is not a fan of Trump. In fact, in August 2017, Plame launched a GoFundMe page to “#BuyTwitter” in order to “#BanTrump.” In her new campaign ad, Plame makes the following dramatic claims, as highlighted by Kessler:
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