Posted on 08/01/2017 9:35:32 AM PDT by bryan999
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump collaborated with Fox News to concoct a story claiming Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was killed in retaliation for furnishing information damaging to Hillary Clinton to WikiLeaks, according to a lawsuit by a private investigator for the slain mans family.
Rod Wheeler the investigator, a former Washington police detective and an occasional Fox News contributor claims in his lawsuit that the president read the Fox story before it was published and suggested the insertion of quotes falsely attributed to Wheeler supporting the storys premise. Trump wanted the story published to divert attention from the widening investigation into his campaigns ties to Russia, Wheeler claims.
Rich, 27, a graduate of Omaha Central High School and Creighton University, was fatally shot in the early hours of July 10, 2016, outside his home in Washington, D.C. His parents, Joel and Mary Rich, live in Omaha.
The complaints first paragraph includes a screen shot of a May 14 text message to Wheeler from another Fox News contributor that reads: Not to add any more pressure but the president just read the article. He wants the article out immediately. Its now all up to you. but dont feel the pressure.
The story was published May 16 and later retracted by the network, according to the complaint.
(Excerpt) Read more at omaha.com ...
I wonder if he thinks he has immunity by defaming Trump in a lawsuit.
At any rate, if Trump wants discovery on this subject, he is going to have to sue Wheeler. Trump is not a party to this lawsuit, has nothing to gain or lose no matter how it is resolved.
-- As for showing monetary injury, if he's been denied interviews/income because of his claims regarding Seth Rich I'd think it would be pretty easy to show monetary damage. --
The problem with his claim is that he personally misled Fox, so the "fake news" they put out was enabled by him. He also had opportunity to correct the record, and did not.
The purposes of this lawsuit are to slime Trump, and maybe get a settlement out of Fox, "go away" money.
He’s saying they misquoted him?
One America News Verified account @OANN 3h3 hours ago
MAJOR #SethRich announcement coming later today! STAY TUNED to One America News! #OANN
One America News Verified account @OANN 52m52 minutes ago
We have insider info. that Pres. Trump had no involvement in the #SethRich case. We will be releasing all the details soon! #StayTuned
Yes, bascically. "Put words in his mouth." He is also claiming racial discrimination.
Once Fox retracted the story, he was viewed as an untrustworthy reporter. Snicker.
ROTFL. What details? No involvement means no involvement. Bigfoot has no involvement in the suit either. Not much to report, other than the conclusion. Butowski said he made up the Trump connection as a prank against Wheeler.
So Seth Rich isn’t really dead?
He’s dead alright, he just wasn’t murdered... it was a routine accident. He was eaten by a shark while climbing Mt. Everest.
It’s a good sign that this is all over even the lousy radio news, but they act as though President Trump and Fox News “concocted” Seth Rich’s murder! The Gullible Americans are becoming so Wile E. Coyote gullible they believe they could walk off a cliff and get back onto it once they realize.
This lawsuit suddenly hit all the major outlets, including WaPo and NYT.
Seth’s murder - no story.
D Washerface Shultz and her paki money boys - no story
Trump and Fox News concocting a murder story : 24/7 saturation of airwaves.
What does that tell you?
We have insider info. that Pres. Trump had no involvement in the #SethRich case. We will be releasing all the details soon! #StayTuned
Is that like insider info that Wilma Flintstone had no involvement in killing Nicole Simpson?
Or charged, tried and convicted of treason and shot by a firing squad? Or assassinated by the CIA?
Looks like Rod Wheeler is the designated wackadoodle to tinfoil this story, like that nutball square-wheeled lawyer-dentist Orly Taitz was on the Obama eligibility issue. He’ll become the story, therefore anyone questioning the matter will be as nutty and dissembling as he is.
Count on it.
Very plausible theory. Him and his nutcase lawyer.
The complaint is right out of central casting.
Well put. You nailed it.
Always thought Orly had pretty nice Taitz myself...
Law suit claims.....meh
How come we never hear about the “democrats” colluding with Obama’s 17 “intelligence communities” and the “FBI”?
I think you would be surprised at the number of liberals who watch Fox News just because they love to hate it so much. So, Fox actually caters to them, with people like Shepard “Skippy” Smith, but they still love to hate it.
No? When did the Omaha World Herald change? I ask as the paper pretty much backed those who were Dems. So, you ever know owners of businesses in Omaha? Please don’t name deceased or others names except by private reply.
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