Barack Obama is one of several people who say they've never been interviewed by Alexis Debat.
Barack Obama is one of several people who say they've never been interviewed by Alexis Debat. (Getty Images)

Who is Alexis Debat?

September 21, 2007

The most recent tale of journalistic fraud features Washington D.C. insider and former ABC News consultant, Alexis Debat. Debat has claimed many affiliations and accomplishments (notably an interview with Barack Obama published in Politique Internationale) which have since been discredited. Mother Jones national security correspondent Laura Rozen tells us more about this flim-flam man.

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