"impute" as an intransitive verb

I came across a sentence in a Wikipedia article that went like this (MEMRI stands for Middle East Media Research Institute):

In 2006, Finkelstein accused MEMRI of editing a television interview he gave in Lebanon in order to falsely impute that he was a Holocaust denier.
MEMRI article

This sounded strange to me as I think I've always heard it as imputing 'something' to 'something/someone', meaning it's transitive. I know anyone can edit Wikipedia, so I didn't make much of it. However I did try to search for more instances of an intransitive use of impute. None of the dictionaries I've seen list "impute" as intransitive, but it is used in this way (relevant parts have been made bold by me.

If a tweet advises readers not to leave their wallets lying around if John Smith's in the room, the meaning on which Mr Smith's lawyers will fight the case is that the words impute that he's a thief.
Defamation law in the online age: for beginners - Sydney Morning Herald article

A statutory audit results in the auditor giving either an unqualified audit opinion so that the reader can impute that the entitity's financial statements reflect a 'true and fair view', or on the contrary an audit opinion that indicates...
Health and Safety, Environment and Quality Audits: A risk-based approach, 2014

I will not single out any of the many individuals who have been helpful, and, most importantly, I do not mean to impute that the contents of this work have passed their final muster.
Stone Tools: Theoretical Insights Into Human Prehistory, 1996

It stated that a defendant will have a ‘non-delegable’ duty of care when: ... There is a pre-existing relationship between the claimant and the defendant which places the claimant in the care or custody of the defendant and from which it is reasonable to impute that the defendant owes the claimant a ‘positive duty’ to protect him or her from harm;
Boys & Maugham Solicitors website, a UK a law firm

The Fifth District court now has the latitude to impute whether the legislators believed they were taking “the only course of action which appeared open” in adopting a piece of legislation, or it can impute that the legislators had no other options open to them.
Analysis of a Florida Supreme Court decision in 2017

Plaintiff first contends that the statements in the article are defamatory per se because they impute that the Plaintiff has committed a crime, namely the illegal cyberattack.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, Memorandum opinion and order.

Here, Dziagwa's alleged statement did not fairly impute that the plaintiff had committed a car theft or any other indictable criminal offense.
Illinois Appellate Court decision, 1997

I'm just wondering if this use is acceptable or standard.

Solution 1:

The verb impute can be complemented by a clause:

Are you imputing that the company was negligent?

and by a noun phrase:

Are you imputing negligence on the company's part?

and by prepositional phrase + clause:

Are you imputing to him that he intended to defraud the bank by exaggerating the worth of his collateral?

An intention to defraud the bank has been imputed to him.

That he intended to defraud the bank has been imputed to him.

That he intended to defraud the bank has been imputed.

Are you imputing to them that they were motivated by greed?