There are more than 8000 articles from NE still on FR. What’s the consistency then? Other sources are corroborating the story. As much as you wish, this IS a real story that so far, no one has denied.
Please list, specifically, who is corroborating the story. Specific names and how they are corroborating it.
Not some guy saying “oh yeah, that was the dirt we once heard about”. Specific, detailed corroboration with names who have gone on the record corroboration the actual story (again, THE actual story, not just that such a story exists).