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Fox News' story, which took flight online and ran in segments across major shows, breathed fresh life into the rumors. Fox reported that the leaks came from inside the party, and not from hackers linked to Russia - despite the conclusions of the nation's most senior intelligence officials. The network suggested Democrats might have been connected to Rich's death and that a cover-up had thwarted the official investigation The network cited an unnamed FBI official. And the report relied heavily on Rod Wheeler, a former police detective, hired months earlier on behalf of the Riches by Ed Butowsky These developments took place during growing public concerns over a federal investigation into the Trump camp's possible collusion with the Russian government during the campaign. The allegations have since touched on the presidents son and son-in-law, his former campaign manager, his attorney general and his first national security adviser, who resigned as a result. The question of Rich's death took on greater urgency for Butowsky after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in early May. Comey had been overseeing the Russia investigation. The story ran just a week later.

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EB ED Sun, May 14, 9:10 PM 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
because much, much of the information did not come from me." In response, Zimmerman admitted: "Umm, well not not notNot the part ahout the emails.Not the part about I mean about the connection to WikiLeaks, but the rest of the quotes in the story did. A lot of the 23 Case 1:17-cv-05807 Document 1 Filed 08/01/17 Page 24 of 33 quotes in the story did." Later in the same conversation, Butowsky also conceded that the quotes were not made by Mr. Wheeler: "Olne day you're going to win an award forhaving said those things you didn't say" Indeed, in another conversation, Mr. Butowsky read, from the article, to
On April 20, a month before the story ran, Butowsky and Wheeler - the investor and the investigator - met at the White House with then Press Secretary Sean Spicer to brief him on what they were uncovering. The first page of the lawsuit quotes a voicemail and text from Butowsky boasting that President Trump himself had reviewed drafts of the Fox News story just before it went to air and was published. Spicer now tells NPR that he took the meeting as a favor to Butowsky, a reliable Republican voice. Spicer says he was unaware of any contact involving the president. Butowsky now tells NPR he was kidding about Trump's involvement. "Rod Wheeler unfortunately was used as a pawn by Ed Butowsky, Fox News and the Trump administration to try and steer away the attention that was being given about the Russian hacking of the DNC e-mails," said Douglas Wigdor, Wheeler's lawver.
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