Gabriel Escobar
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Profile
Gabriel Escobar was a US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State who visited Tirana in December 2021. In an interview with journalist Sokol Balla he rejected the claim that George Soros sponsored the US decision to declare Sali Berisha persona non grata. He called the claim 'absolutely wrong' and 'dangerous', and said the designations were institutional anti-corruption measures.
Response from Gabriel Escobar
Official US statement on the Soros allegation (13 December 2021).
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- Biography
- Gabriel Escobar was a US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State who visited Tirana in December 2021. In an interview with journalist Sokol Balla he rejected the claim that George Soros sponsored the US decision to declare Sali Berisha persona non grata. He called the claim 'absolutely wrong' and 'dangerous', and said the designations were institutional anti-corruption measures.From the research record
- In a December 2021 interview with exit.al, Escobar responded to the accusation that George Soros was behind the US decision to bar Sali Berisha from entering the United States: 'That is absolutely wrong. That is dangerous.' He said the designations were institutional anti-corruption measures.From the research record
- Response
- Official US statement on the Soros allegation (13 December 2021).From the research record
- See sor-lab-claim-014.From the research record
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From 2013
Allegations that Open Society influenced the 2016 Albanian justice reform and the government
Opposition politicians, some commentators and several conservative US outlets say that Open Society Foundation Albania (OSFA) and wider Soros-linked funding shaped the 2016 constitutional justice…
Status: Unresolved. Allegations are made by partisan actors and advocacy groups. No court, prosecutor or official body has found that OSF directed the reform.
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Connections
Open the map →US official rejects that Soros drove the Berisha designation (2021)
Evidence: exit.al interview, 13 Dec 2021: 'absolutely wrong... dangerous'.
What they said vs. what the documents show
What was said · 13 Dec 2021
The claim that Soros sponsored the US decision to declare Sali Berisha persona non grata is 'absolutely wrong' and 'dangerous'; the designations are institutional anti-corruption measures, not a political tool.
Speaker: Gabriel Escobar
Albanian Accusations of Soros Interference are 'Dangerous' and 'Absolutely Wrong' (opens in a new tab)exit.al · 13 Dec 2021 · journalism · EN
What the documents show
The article gives no documents. The official's denial is the only source in this research.
What was said · 13 Dec 2021
'That is absolutely wrong. That is dangerous.' (responding to the claim that George Soros was behind the US decision to bar Sali Berisha from entering the United States; journalist Sokol Balla put the claim to him; Escobar said the designations were institutional anti-corruption measures)
Speaker: Gabriel Escobar
Albanian Accusations of Soros Interference are 'Dangerous' and 'Absolutely Wrong' (opens in a new tab)exit.al · 13 Dec 2021 · journalism · EN
What the documents show
The US official rejects the Soros-behind-the-designation claim. The existingrecord claim-berisha-2021-soros-retaliation (Berisha: the designation was retaliation for criticism of Soros) remains unresolved; the sources read do not show a Soros role in the designation.
- Albanian Accusations of Soros Interference (exit.al) (opens in a new tab)exit.al · 13 Dec 2021 · journalism · EN
Timeline
International
US official Gabriel Escobar rejects claim that Soros sponsored Berisha's persona non grata designation
In an interview with journalist Sokol Balla in Tirana, Escobar called the claim 'absolutely wrong' and 'dangerous'. He said the US designations were not meant as a political tool, and that evidence could be shared with Albanian justice. He gave no Soros-related figures.
Linked: Gabriel Escobar · Sali Berisha · George Soros
International
US official Gabriel Escobar calls Soros-behind-Berisha-ban claim 'absolutely wrong'
In an exit.al interview, Escobar rejected the claim that Soros was behind the US designation barring Berisha, calling it 'absolutely wrong' and 'dangerous'.
Linked: Gabriel Escobar · Sali Berisha · George Soros
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 1 source.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 1 source
- Publisher
- exit.al
- Date
- 13 Dec 2021