Date: August 2nd, 2017 8:00 AM Author: Concupiscible fishy library
Holy shit
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Wheeler also claimed that Butowsky kept White House officials appraised of their progress on the story and showed it to Trump before it was published. “Not to add any more pressure but the president just read the article,” Butowsky said in a May 14 text message to Wheeler, according to the lawsuit. “He wants the article out immediately. It’s now all up to you, but don’t feel the pressure."
The story was published May 16, inflaming conspiracy theorists and Hillary Clinton foes. It also inflamed Wheeler, who claims the shocking conclusion in the story hinged on quotes about Rich and WikiLeaks that were attributed to him, but which he never said. Wheeler said that when he confronted Fox about his concerns, he was told by Butowsky that "the quotes were included because that is the way the President wanted the article," according to the suit.
Fox News retracted the story a week later, saying it didn’t live up to its reporting standards.
According to the complaint, there are audio recordings backing up many of the claims, as well as text messages and emails.
Date: August 2nd, 2017 8:17 AM Author: Concupiscible fishy library
Lol Mueller will want to talk to this Butowsky guy
The White House and Fox’s motivation to push the false story was to “lift the cloud” of the Russia investigation, Wheeler claims in the lawsuit. (Trump fired FBI Director James Comey a week before the article was published.) “One of the big conclusions we need to draw from this is that the Russians did not hack our computer systems and ste[a]l emails and there was no collusion like [T]rump with the Russians,” Butowsky allegedly wrote in emails to Fox News producers and anchors promoting the piece.
Wheeler’s lawsuit includes screenshots of text messages with Butowsky, including an exchange two days before the article was published in which Butowsky wrote: “president [Trump] just read the article. He wants the article out immediately. It’s now all up to you. But don’t feel the pressure.”
Date: August 2nd, 2017 8:36 AM Author: Concupiscible fishy library
Not sure who u are talking about here but the PI claims he was paid to "investigate" this by a wealthy Trump supporter and that the Trump supporter and the POTUS himself then colluded with Fox to fabricate quotes about what he found
Date: August 2nd, 2017 8:41 AM Author: Hideous New Version Sound Barrier
Literally some guy saying some other guy said he met with another guy who said he met with the president and the president read a draft of a story and wanted it published.
Date: August 2nd, 2017 8:42 AM Author: Concupiscible fishy library
"One of the big conclusions we need to draw from this is that the Russians did not hack our computer systems and ste[a]l emails and there was no collusion like [T]rump with the Russians,” Butowsky allegedly wrote in emails to Fox News producers and anchors promoting the piece.
Wheeler’s lawsuit includes screenshots of text messages with Butowsky, including an exchange two days before the article was published in which Butowsky wrote: “president [Trump] just read the article. He wants the article out immediately. It’s now all up to you. But don’t feel the pressure.”
Date: August 2nd, 2017 2:40 PM Author: Concupiscible fishy library
A lawyer for a Washington private investigator will seek to have President Donald Trump and former White House press secretary Sean Spicer give evidence in his case against Fox News over the cable network’s alleged use of bogus quotes in a fake news story.
“We’re going to litigate this case as we would any other,” attorney Douglas Wigdor, who is acting on behalf of private investigator Rod Wheeler, told Yahoo News. “We’ll want to depose anyone who has information,” he added. Wigdor said this would include the president and Spicer.
Trump and Spicer are among the half-dozen key witnesses Wigdor said he would seek to depose. The suit alleges Zimmerman and Butowsky met with Spicer in his White House office in April to discuss the story. It also claims the president specifically reviewed drafts of the story and made changes to it.
Date: August 2nd, 2017 8:55 AM Author: Concupiscible fishy library
Indeed, just before Butowsky sent the text message above, he left a voicemail for Mr. Wheeler in which he said, “A couple minutes ago I got a note that we have the full, uh, attention of the White House, on this. And, tomorrow, let’s close this deal, whatever we’ve got to do. But you can feel free to say that the White House is onto this now.”1
Date: August 2nd, 2017 8:57 AM Author: Concupiscible fishy library
Butowsky and Mr. Wheeler met with Mr. Spicer and provided him with a copy of Mr. Wheeler’s investigative notes. Mr. Spicer asked to be kept abreast of developments and, upon information and belief, Butowsky did keep Mr. Spicer abreast of developments.
Date: August 2nd, 2017 9:47 AM Author: Concupiscible fishy library
LOOOOOOOOOL
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Fox's president of news, Jay Wallace, told NPR on Monday that there was no "concrete evidence" that Wheeler was misquoted by the reporter, Malia Zimmerman. The news executive did not address a question about the story's allegedly partisan origins. Fox News declined to allow Zimmerman to comment for this story.