4Chan Claims To Have Fabricated Anti-Trump Report As A Hoax

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  1. Ethereal

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    A Twitter account who has taken credit for the alleged hoax claims the fan fiction was inspired by Wilson's son, who apparently has some kind of urine fetish. They sent the work-up around to a bunch of journalists, which got passed on to Steele somehow. And seeing as how his dossier contains a demonstrably false assertion concerning Cohen having visited Prague, it's possible that other pieces of fiction could have made their way into it. I'm still waiting for proof, obviously, but you never know.
     
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    The people on 4Chan are not claiming to have authored the entire report, just the part about Trump being filmed at a Russian hotel partaking in a golden shower. Somehow, they claim, it ended up in Steele's opposition research after they sent this story to a bunch of journalists.
     
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    Alleged hoaxer claims he has spoken to a lawyer and will be publishing details of the "full story":

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    I'm gonna speak to my lawyer too.

    Oh wait I don't have one but you don't know that.

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    Trump is gonna sue the virginity off those neckbeards.
     
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    They must be like breitbart for news.
     
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    The "people at 4Chan" are making no such claim. 4Chan is an anonymous bulletin board. Everyone is anonymous and no one is in charge.

    In any case, this right wing meme was discredited days ago.

    Here is some reading so you can catch up!

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...t-much-worse-for_us_5876de6be4b0f8a7254484d6?
     
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    Hey I had sex with melania trump. I said so, so that makes it true. If you don't believe me that's fake news.
     
  8. Labouroflove

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    Thanks for the updated memo Mr Steele.

    Cheers
     
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    No, "the people on 4chan" didn't do anything. It was one user who made the claim without any specifics. There is zero evidence that the story was created by 4chan. I could claim that I created the story right now...doesn't mean anything.

    Hell, I can show you a bunch of posts from 4chan speculating that that user is a Russian operative or a Trump employed troll...but just because some anonymous user on 4chan says something doesn't make it true.
     
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    It was just a figure of speech. In any case, the individual on the Twitter account claims he made up the part about the golden shower, passed it along to a bunch of journalists, and it ended up in Steele's opposition research. I have no idea if what he says is true or not. I'm just telling you what I found out after doing some research.
     
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    I didn't say it was true.
     
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    Fair enough. Let me ask you, does it sound credible to you in any way whatsoever?

    An admitted 4chan troll claims to have done something...after the fact.
     
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    No, not particularly. But it's definitely interesting and salacious, which I like.
     
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    lmao. Then you should read that guy's other Twitter posts that you linked. Apparently he also thinks "single moms are pathetic af" and wonders whether he can "get aids listening to the vocal styling of homosexuals."
     
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    I've often wondered that myself.
     
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    Oddly enough, I'm starting to believe you?
     
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    This is what PF has turned into. Grown men posting twitter accounts of proud trolls who wonder why skittles are the number one candy in the gay community.
     
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    How dare I post something relevant to the thread topic.
     
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    I have no problem with his posts. His link was relevant to the topic and he didn't present them as fireproof evidence that should be given any significant credibility.
     
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    BuzzFeed was able to verify they included "clear errors".

    “The document was prepared for political opponents of Trump by a person who is understood to be a former British intelligence agent. It is not just unconfirmed: It includes some clear errors.” By Ken Bensinger, BuzzFeed News Reporter, Miriam Elder, BuzzFeed News Reporter, Mark Schoofs BuzzFeed News Investigations Editor, Buzzed, Originally posted on Jan. 10, 2017, at 6:20 p.m.
    https://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensing...es-to-russia?utm_term=.wtjep9V56l#.whn8Mx65lP

    "It is not just unconfirmed: It includes some clear errors.” BF

    Isn't that cute? ;-)
     
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    It's not just unconfirmed, but it includes errors. We'll publish it anyway! "You are FAKE news". I think we may come to love President Trump.
     
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    well since you brought it up.....

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    worry about your own actions, you can't control other's.
     
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    I definitely like him a great deal more than when I voted for Cruz during the primaries, but anything more than that is going to have to wait until we see how he performs as the president. Let's see what he can, will, and does do once he actually has the power. So far, however, so good!
     

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