Opposition supporters believed there was a conspiracy to discredit him. Some conspiracy theorists speculated the shooting was a staged attempt to discredit their investigations. Amin started a smear campaign to discredit Puzanov. Maskhadov hoped that this would discredit the opposition, putting stability before his own ideological affinities. Ivan the Terrible was accused of being gay in an attempt to discredit him. It attempted to discredit them and worse. Catholic priests asserted that he was trying to discredit them. He took delight in attempting to discredit leading public figures in England. Dux states that the military sabotaged his service record to discredit him. Efforts by the defense to discredit Harris were unsuccessful. Modern historians discredit these representations as exaggerating Julia's behaviour. London bombings, allegedly perpetrated by Jews in order to discredit Muslims. Hutchinson had dared to hope that he could win over Hancock and discredit Adams. This is part of an effort to discredit me as a witness. This frustrated Frank and led to him secretly working to discredit Neurath.