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BREAKING NEWS: President Trump pressured Fox News to release fake story about death of DNC staffer
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 8/1/17 | Chris Spargo

Posted on 08/01/2017 8:03:13 AM PDT by ColdOne

Full title.....................BREAKING NEWS: President Trump pressured Fox News to release fake story about death of DNC staffer Seth Rich and Wikileaks to divert attention from Russia, claims explosive lawsuit....................President Donald Trump is being accused of knowingly and actively trying to spread false news about the murder of DNC employee Seth Rich in a new lawsuit.

Rod Wheeler filed a complaint on Tuesday in the Southern District of New York against Fox News, Malia Zimmerman and Ed Butowsky claiming that they worked together to create a false narrative surrounding the death of Rich.

Also contributing to the creation of that fake news story was President Trump according to court documents, which claim that the Commander-in-Chief wanted the story to include multiple fake quotes which were attributed to Wheeler.

Wheeler is a former Washington DC homicide detective who investigated Rich;'s murder and frequently appeared as a guest on Fox News to discuss the case.

The filing also includes a text message from Butowsky, a Texas wealth manager and Trump supporter, to Wheeler, in which he discusses the President's eagerness to see the story published.

'Not to add any more pressure but the president just read the article. He wants the article out immediately. It's now all up to you. But don't feel the pressure,' Butowsky texted Wheeler according to the filing.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 3; duplicate; fakenews; foxnews; rodwheeler; sethrich; sethrichmurder; trump; trumpsethrich
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1 posted on 08/01/2017 8:03:13 AM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Full court press on fake news.
The Ministry of Propaganda does not want anyone asking,

“Who Killed Seth Rich For Leaking The DNC E-Mails?”


2 posted on 08/01/2017 8:04:43 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ColdOne

Why do they think it is fake?


3 posted on 08/01/2017 8:05:45 AM PDT by robroys woman
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To: ColdOne
This sounds like more horse shi!.
4 posted on 08/01/2017 8:06:22 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: ColdOne

Good! This lawsuit will force the Seth Rich story to see the light of day. I wonder if Trump is behind it. ;-)


5 posted on 08/01/2017 8:06:37 AM PDT by robroys woman
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Assange fingered Rich as the source by offering a big reward for info leading to arrest of the perpetrators.


6 posted on 08/01/2017 8:06:40 AM PDT by Bobalu ( Healthcare - someone must pay. Who should it be, and how did they get that obligation?)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Interesting, this tells me that Wasserman-Schultz laptop must have really good evidence on it.


7 posted on 08/01/2017 8:07:30 AM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: ColdOne

such crap. if Trump pressured them at all, it was to do their job and report on a very serious matter such as the death of a DNC employee mysteriously murdered while info was being leaked.


8 posted on 08/01/2017 8:07:31 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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[President Trump pressured Fox News to release fake story about death of DNC staffer Seth Rich and Wikileaks to divert attention from Russia, claims explosive lawsuit]

Notice how its reported as fact then its revealed its alleged in a lawsuit.

This week’s fake scandal.


9 posted on 08/01/2017 8:08:21 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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To: ColdOne

Well, when I see it from cnn, then I’ll buy in. What are joe and mika’s take on it?


10 posted on 08/01/2017 8:08:23 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: ColdOne

lol this has to be the biggest bunch of BS I ever heard..is this from the onion


11 posted on 08/01/2017 8:08:34 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: ColdOne

So, Seth Rich wasn’t murdered?


12 posted on 08/01/2017 8:08:40 AM PDT by fwdude (Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
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To: ColdOne

This article IS the fake story. What a bunch of maroons.


13 posted on 08/01/2017 8:09:05 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: ColdOne

Who pressured these people to write fake news?


14 posted on 08/01/2017 8:09:12 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: robroys woman
Good! This lawsuit will force the Seth Rich story to see the light of day.

That's my first though was well.

How is this a bad thing?

15 posted on 08/01/2017 8:09:30 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: ColdOne

President Trump prolly asked DailyMail to run this.


16 posted on 08/01/2017 8:12:08 AM PDT by Delta 21
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To: ColdOne

Rod Wheeler twitter (if really him) has some interesting tweets.

https://twitter.com/rodwheeler?lang=en


17 posted on 08/01/2017 8:13:26 AM PDT by boycott
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To: ColdOne

Left has full on flood the zone to counter the truth. Wasserman-Schultz will be indicted in the death of Seth Rich before the end of the year.


18 posted on 08/01/2017 8:13:27 AM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
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To: ColdOne

...claims explosive lawsuit...


19 posted on 08/01/2017 8:14:45 AM PDT by McGruff (From now on call it McCaincare)
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To: ColdOne

The headline is typical fake news. It summarizes the allegations in a lawsuit, not in fact or substance.


20 posted on 08/01/2017 8:15:51 AM PDT by pfflier
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