MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell was forced to retract(somewhat) a claim he made that Russian billionaires co-signed President Trump’s business loans.
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell retracts his unsubstantiated claim that Trump had loans with Russian co-signers
“I did not go through the rigorous verifications and standards process”
He says he’s sorry for tweeting it but still has not deleted the tweet pic.twitter.com/bY20yTgVQ6
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) August 29, 2019
Here was his initial claim:
A source close to Deutsche Bank says Trump’s tax returns show he pays very little income tax and, more importantly, that his loans have Russian co-signers.
If true, that explains every kind word Trump has ever said about Russia and Putin. @TheLastWord 10pm
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) August 28, 2019
Here is the retraction:
Last night I made an error in judgment by reporting an item about the president’s finances that didn’t go through our rigorous verification and standards process. I shouldn’t have reported it and I was wrong to discuss it on the air. I will address the issue on my show tonight.
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) August 28, 2019
President Trump threatened to sue over this:
Lawrence O’Donnell & .@NBC, you are hereby served notice for demand of retraction for malicious libel. pic.twitter.com/FwMgtt1Jc2
— Glen Woodfin (@GlenWoodfin) August 28, 2019
President Trump bashed him on Twitter:
The totally inaccurate reporting by Lawrence O’Donnell, for which he has been forced by NBC to apologize, is NO DIFFERENT than the horrible, corrupt and fraudulent Fake News that I (and many millions of GREAT supporters) have had to put up with for years. So bad for the USA!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 29, 2019
Did O’Donnell really think that Mueller wouldn’t have discovered something like this? I love how behind the scenes the Mainstream Press is still clinging to the Russian collusion narrative. This proves beyond a doubt that the Mueller Probe meant nothing to them. They didn’t want Mueller to get to the truth. They wanted Mueller because they viewed him as an avenue to get Trump. He didn’ deliver but that won’t stop them from trying.
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