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

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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

     Rod Wheeler filed a complaint on Tuesday in the Southern District of New York against Fox News, Malia Zimmerman and Ed Butowsky
    He claims that the cable news network and Zimmerman worked with Butowsky and President Trump to release false information about the death of Seth Rich
    'The motivation behind the article: establish that Seth Rich provided WikiLeaks with the DNC emails to shift the blame from Russia,' claims the lawsuit
    A text from Butowsky to Wheeler included in the filing shows that President Trump saw the story before it was published and wanted it out 'immediately'

By Chris Spargo For Dailymail.com

Published: 09:00 EDT, 1 August 2017 | Updated: 09:21 EDT, 1 August 2017



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.

'The motivation behind the article: establish that Seth Rich provided WikiLeaks with the DNC emails to shift the blame from Russia and help put to bed speculation that President Trump colluded with Russia in an attempt to influence the outcome of the Presidential election,' states the lawsuit.

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[mystery-ak]

.....and Hannity obliged for a week.

[Cripplecreek]

People can blame liberalism for the collapse of FOX news but that isn't what caused it.

[Cripplecreek]

BTW, this is again a progressive tactic.

Cass Sunstein wrote about how conspiracy theories could be used both constructively and destructively. He wrote that they could be used to distract our friends from bad news or distract an enemy from their good news.

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DNC staffer’s 2016 murder on Washington street still unsolved
Detective says Trump backed Fox News story with made-up quotes....

.....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 story’s premise.....

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-01/trump-worked-with-fox-news-in-dnc-staffer-story-suit-claims

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Also from the article, apparently there are conversation screenshots....

The complaint’s first paragraph includes 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. It’s now all up to you. but don’t feel the pressure."

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[Cripplecreek]

Another case where Trump has established a history of behavior that goes against him.

He went on FOX and told them the story about Rafael Cruz and the JFK assassination. FOX allowed it with no follow up questions or demands for proof.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/344813-white-house-denies-fox-trump-connection-on-rich-story
White House denies Fox-Trump connection on Rich story

[Fishrrman]

Sounds like, "fake news about fake news"... ;)

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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/344813-white-house-denies-fox-trump-connection-on-rich-story
White House denies Fox-Trump connection on Rich story

Ed Butowsky was probably name dropping to try to pressure Fox.

However, this doesn't bode well for Fox that they didn't fact check these quotes or Ed Butowsky's claims the President was pressuring him.