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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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To: ColdOne

...what fresh hell?

KYPD


21 posted on 08/01/2017 8:17:14 AM PDT by petro45acp (" It IS About Islam: exposing the truth about ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the caliphate" by Glenn Beck)
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To: ColdOne
President Trump pressured Fox News to release fake story about death of DNC staffer

Yeah, right... because Faux News and its talking minions have all been overwhelmingly pro-Trump from the beginning. /s

22 posted on 08/01/2017 8:17:41 AM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: ColdOne

Prove that it’s false.
Prove it in court.
:D


23 posted on 08/01/2017 8:17:48 AM PDT by z3n
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To: ColdOne

And....what is the alleged crime, the cause of action? Impinging upon the media’s fake news monopoly?


24 posted on 08/01/2017 8:18:05 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: ColdOne

Anyone can claim anything in a lawsuit.
The headline says that Trump actually did what the lawsuit claims.
The headline is deliberately and intentionally a lie.
Adding the words: “claims explosive lawsuit..................” does not constitute telling the truth, since the lie has already been stated in the headline.


25 posted on 08/01/2017 8:18:57 AM PDT by I want the USA back (If free speech is taken away, dumb and silent we are led, like sheep to the slaughter: G Washington)
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To: ColdOne

Wow. So before Trump came down the escalator in Trump tower, he was hitting up Putin for their plan they hatched to have him be President. And to distract the public as they found out the secret Trump Russian Plot, they killed off a young D.C. Dem iT staffer.... uh huh...


26 posted on 08/01/2017 8:20:20 AM PDT by Yaelle (We have a Crisis of Information in this country. Our enemies hold the megaphone.)
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To: ColdOne

This Rod Wheeler dude is quite the bomb thrower. So far his mouth has been way, way ahead of provable facts.


27 posted on 08/01/2017 8:20:37 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: robroys woman

Wheeler is in CYA and attention seeking mode. He was the one who got the ball rolling on the recent Seth Rich stuff.


28 posted on 08/01/2017 8:21:26 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Vaquero
This daily onslaught by the MSM is getting quite tiresome.

They don't even try to hide their biases and agenda.

Unfortunately, I'm guessing the LIV's haven't figured that out.

29 posted on 08/01/2017 8:21:55 AM PDT by daler
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To: All

Discovery, discovery, discovery....(well done, DJT)


30 posted on 08/01/2017 8:22:25 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: ColdOne

The Daily Mail already lost a big lawsuit to Melania Trump and had to pay her damage$, look for POTUS to sue them again.


31 posted on 08/01/2017 8:24:29 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: ColdOne

Roger Stone, JR tweeted that Awan was drinking with Seth Rich the night he died.

Posted on Twitter 11:08 PM - 31 Jul 2017

FACT - Wasserman-Schulz “IT consultant” Awan was partying with Seth Rich the night of his murder ! Eat it @TheAtlantic !

https://twitter.com/RogerJStoneJr/status/892265715780026368


32 posted on 08/01/2017 8:26:21 AM PDT by ncfool (America Reborn 1/20/2017. Lets make sure we don't screw up,the opportunity to MAGA.)
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To: All

Follow the arrest of Awan closely. Connect the dots to "other" cases. (hint, hint) Just the beginning. Stay tuned.— rod wheeler (@rodwheeler) July 26, 2017


33 posted on 08/01/2017 8:28:56 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

Interesting!


34 posted on 08/01/2017 8:31:12 AM PDT by Chgogal (Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
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To: robroys woman

>> Why do they think it is fake? <<

Anything that puts Pres. Trump in a questionable light is fake. Get over it.


35 posted on 08/01/2017 8:34:25 AM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: ColdOne
Evidently the Daily Mail doesn't know that pleadings are not evidence, merely claims, and oftentimes unprovable claims. One well-known cliche in law is that you could “indict a ham sandwich”. Lesser known is that if you brought in a garbled screed, handwritten on paper toweling, and submitted it with the proper filing fee, and assuming it was captioned correctly and was signed, the clerk would stamp and file it. It may go nowhere or be dismissed quickly, but an ignorant reporter could base a story on it, and say “according to a lawsuit filed in X court today...”
36 posted on 08/01/2017 8:35:29 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: ColdOne

Headline is fake since it claims a conclusion not in evidence.

The headline should read: Rod Wheeler files lawsuit against Fox News claiming false news story.

Seems he didn’t sue Trump.


37 posted on 08/01/2017 8:36:00 AM PDT by CodeToad (AA)
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To: ColdOne

yes.... explosive

Trump ‘pressured’ a news reporter to do a story.

No one has ever done that before.


38 posted on 08/01/2017 8:36:09 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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To: ColdOne

fake stories about fake stories?


39 posted on 08/01/2017 8:36:38 AM PDT by Don Corleone (.leave the gun, take the canolis, take it to the mattress.)
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To: fwdude
"So, Seth Rich wasn’t murdered?"

No, he committed suicide by shooting himself multiple times, then hid the weapon.

/S

40 posted on 08/01/2017 8:37:24 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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