In 2021, Barbara Ledeen was named as a member of Groundswell in connection with her involvement in an undercover campaign by Project Veritas to discredit H. R. McMaster when he served as Trump's national security adviser in 2017 and 2018. Ledeen, longtime staffer for Senator Chuck Grassley on the Senate Judiciary Committee and wife of neoconservative foreign policy analyst Michael Ledeen, said she passed on information about McMaster's social calendar to Project Veritas which then used the information to plan an operation to secretly record McMaster making comments that would cause him to resign or be fired. Ledeen admitted passing on the information but said "I am not part of a plot."[4]
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^ abcCorn, David (July 25, 2013). "Inside Groundswell: Read the Memos of the New Right-Wing Strategy Group Planning a "30 Front War"". Mother Jones.
^Fang, Lee; Surgey, Nick (June 4, 2019). "Ginni Thomas Plans New Conservative Supergroup to "Protect President Trump"". The Intercept. First Look Institute. Retrieved July 6, 2021. Ginni Thomas has been involved in an ad-hoc coalition known as 'Groundswell,' touted as a plan to wage a '30-front war' on left-wing activists and the GOP establishment.
^ abHaberman, Maggie (May 3, 2021). "Among Those Pressing Trump to Weed Out Disloyalty: Clarence Thomas's Wife". The New York Times. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
^ abGoldman, Adam; Mazzetti, Mark (May 13, 2021). "Activists and Ex-Spy Said to Have Plotted to Discredit Trump 'Enemies' in Government". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
^Swan, Jonathan (23 February 2020). "Exclusive: Trump's "Deep State" hit list". Axios.
^Corn, David (July 25, 2013). "Groundswell's Secret Crusade to Crush Karl Rove". Mother Jones.
Becker, Jo; Hakim, Danny (February 22, 2022). "The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
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groundswell, group, clean, energy, advocacy, organization, groundswell, organization, groundswell, coalition, prominent, american, conservative, activists, including, virginia, thomas, began, meeting, 2013, order, fight, progressivism, united, states, republic. For the clean energy advocacy organization see Groundswell organization Groundswell is a coalition of prominent American conservative activists including Virginia Thomas who began meeting in 2013 in order to fight progressivism in the United States and the Republican Party GOP establishment 1 2 3 Groundswell went on to be influential in the White House of former president Donald Trump conducting an effort to rid the White House and other government agencies of so called deep state opponents of Trump 4 5 3 According to leaked documents in 2013 the group had started staging a 30 front war seeking to fundamentally transform the nation 1 by such goals as undermining the power of former GOP strategist and Fox News analyst Karl Rove 6 along with the 2012 Benghazi attack and the Operation Fast and Furious s gun running issue 7 repealing the Affordable Care Act working behind the scenes to enact voter ID laws and blocking Obama administration nominees 1 In 2021 Barbara Ledeen was named as a member of Groundswell in connection with her involvement in an undercover campaign by Project Veritas to discredit H R McMaster when he served as Trump s national security adviser in 2017 and 2018 Ledeen longtime staffer for Senator Chuck Grassley on the Senate Judiciary Committee and wife of neoconservative foreign policy analyst Michael Ledeen said she passed on information about McMaster s social calendar to Project Veritas which then used the information to plan an operation to secretly record McMaster making comments that would cause him to resign or be fired Ledeen admitted passing on the information but said I am not part of a plot 4 References edit a b c Corn David July 25 2013 Inside Groundswell Read the Memos of the New Right Wing Strategy Group Planning a 30 Front War Mother Jones Fang Lee Surgey Nick June 4 2019 Ginni Thomas Plans New Conservative Supergroup to Protect President Trump The Intercept First Look Institute Retrieved July 6 2021 Ginni Thomas has been involved in an ad hoc coalition known as Groundswell touted as a plan to wage a 30 front war on left wing activists and the GOP establishment a b Haberman Maggie May 3 2021 Among Those Pressing Trump to Weed Out Disloyalty Clarence Thomas s Wife The New York Times Retrieved July 6 2021 a b Goldman Adam Mazzetti Mark May 13 2021 Activists and Ex Spy Said to Have Plotted to Discredit Trump Enemies in Government The New York Times via NYTimes com Swan Jonathan 23 February 2020 Exclusive Trump s Deep State hit list Axios Corn David July 25 2013 Groundswell s Secret Crusade to Crush Karl Rove Mother Jones Facing a Groundswell The Rachel Maddow Show MSNBC July 25 2013 Further reading editBecker Jo Hakim Danny February 22 2022 The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved May 29 2022 nbsp This article about an organization in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Groundswell group amp oldid 1146667014, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
