{"id":1443158,"date":"2023-12-10T04:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1443158"},"modified":"2023-12-10T04:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T09:20:00","slug":"musk-asks-zelensky-about-imprisoned-american-journalist-after-tucker-carlson-sounds-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/musk-asks-zelensky-about-imprisoned-american-journalist-after-tucker-carlson-sounds-alarm\/1443158\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk Asks Zelensky About Imprisoned American Journalist After Tucker Carlson Sounds Alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Musk Asks Zelensky About Imprisoned American Journalist After Tucker Carlson Sounds Alarm<\/span><\/p>\n

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In May, American YouTuber and columnist Gonzalo Lira was arrested in Ukraine because he \u201cpublicly justified\u201d the Russian invasion, according to a press release<\/a> by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).<\/p>\n

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The statement from Kiev said that Lira \u201chas the citizenship of one of the countries of Latin America\u201d but omitted that he is also California-born<\/a> U.S. citizen, as ZeroHedge <\/em>contributor Space Worm reported<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n

Following his release, Lira said he was tortured in a Ukrainian prison, explaining that <\/strong>“two thugs held my head and used a toothpick to scratch the whites of my left eye, while asking me if I could still read if I had just one.”<\/strong> Lira\u00a0informed followers that he was making a mad-dash via motorcycle towards the Hungarian border:<\/p>\n

Right now, I’m about to try to get out of Ukraine, and seek political asylum in Hungary.<\/p>\n

Either I’ll cross the border and make it to safety, or I’ll be disappeared by the Kiev regime.<\/p>\n

This is what’s happened to me over the past three months.<\/p>\n

1\/25<\/p>\n

\u2014 Gonzalo Lira (@GonzaloLira1968) July 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Grayzone reporter Liam Cosgrove pressed State Department spox Matthew Miller on the issue, asking how the Biden Administration has allowed an American to be tortued by a closely allied nation:\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Grayzone\u2019s @cosgrove_iv<\/a> asked @StateDeptSpox<\/a> today about the status of Gonzalo Lira, the US citizen who was jailed by the Ukrainian govt for challenging its official narrative of the war and whose Twitter account now claims he\u2019s making a break for the Hungarian border pic.twitter.com\/kc7NY6hkdt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Grayzone (@TheGrayzoneNews) August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Even more damning about Miller’s non-answer is that 3 months prior, Miller admitted that the State Department was aware of Lira’s imprisonment and plead the Fifth when asked whether the administration planned to advocate for his release:<\/p>\n

State Department refuses to say whether it will negotiate with Zelensky for the release of detained U.S. citizen Gonzalo Lirapic.twitter.com\/jTD58XjYnw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Liam Cosgrove (@cosgrove_iv) May 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Tucker and Elon sound the alarm<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a Saturday post on X, Tucker Carlson highlighted Lira’s situation <\/strong>and spoke with the journalist’s father. Carlson asked why the Biden administration is allowing this<\/strong>, and questioned what kind of country Ukraine is for doing this to an American simply for criticizing the government.<\/p>\n

In response, Elon Musk<\/strong> asked: “An American citizen is in prison n Ukraine after we sent over a $100 billion?” adding, “Is there more to this story than simply criticizing Zelensky?”<\/p>\n

“If that\u2019s all it is, then we have serious problem here.”<\/p>\n

An American citizen is in prison n Ukraine after we sent over a $100 billion?<\/p>\n

Is there more to this story than simply criticizing Zelensky?<\/p>\n

If that\u2019s all it is, then we have serious problem here.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Yep. Saying unapproved things. That\u2019s his crime.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) December 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Musk then directly asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to explain<\/strong>…<\/p>\n

President @ZelenskyyUa<\/a>, please educate the American people about this matter<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Which reminds us, 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy pointed out that Ukraine is an extremely corrupt country.<\/p>\n

You know what\u2019s naive? Those who claim that Ukraine is a paragon of \u201cdemocracy\u201d in a battle of good vs. evil. Here\u2019s the TRUTH about the Zelensky regime:<\/p>\n

– Banned 11 opposition parties
\n– Recently assassinated a 2019 Ukrainian Presidential candidate \u2070-Consolidated all TV media\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/JUqPrzxC8K<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) December 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Is the worm turning?<\/p>\n

Elon is asking the question that US politicians don\u2019t dare to ask. Good.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Gabor Gurbacs (@gaborgurbacs) December 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

We need an answer immediately. We gave you so much money and you hold one of us like this?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) December 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

What happened next? https:\/\/t.co\/FRzKw5bNsb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 David Sacks (@DavidSacks) December 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

Gonzalo wasn\u2019t a gay female basketball player so the US State dept didn\u2019t care<\/p>\n

\u2014 The_Real_Fly (@The_Real_Fly) December 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

he might ask few billions from you instead<\/p>\n

\u2014 The White Rabbit \ud83d\udc07 (@WR_Samurai) December 9, 2023<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 12\/09\/2023 – 23:20<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/musk-asks-zelensky-about-imprisoned-american-journalist-after-tucker-carlson-sounds<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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