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PsychoBabble

(837 posts)
Mon Apr 3, 2017, 08:12 PM Apr 2017

Wow. ProPublica just rips Spicey a new one ...


ProPublica was NOT taking Sean Spicer's accusation of their claims regarding Trump secretively altering his Trust conditions as "unsubstantiated."

To wit:

ProPublica hit back on Monday after White House press secretary Sean Spicer dismissed its reporting on a newly surfaced detail in President Donald Trump's trust agreement as an unsubstantiated claim from a "left-wing blog."

ProPublica on Monday reported that Trump added a clause to the agreement that allows him to withdraw funds at any time and from any of his businesses without publicly disclosing that transaction.

"I'm not aware that there was any change," Spicer said when asked about the report. "Just because a left-wing blog makes the point of something changing doesn't mean it actually happened. I'm not aware that there was ever a change in the trust."

"Since we’re actually in the biz of facts, we figured we’d respond," ProPublica tweeted Monday evening.

ProPublica went on to link Spicer to the revised clause in the trust document, its report on the revision and previous ProPublica reporting critical of the administrations of both Trump and President Barack Obama.

"So any other facts you’d like to know, @seanspicer?" the thread concluded.


BTW, if you have the time, click through to read their tweetstorm that probably left Spicey feeling like he could pass an elephant with his next bowel movement. They take NO Prisoners on this one ...

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/propublica-hits-back-sean-spicer-trust-change-trump

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Wow. ProPublica just rips Spicey a new one ... (Original Post) PsychoBabble Apr 2017 OP
So any other facts youd like to know, @seanspicer? dixiegrrrrl Apr 2017 #1
Love it! furtheradu Apr 2017 #2

furtheradu

(1,865 posts)
2. Love it!
Mon Apr 3, 2017, 08:54 PM
Apr 2017

SO goood when REAL journalists do their dang job, & stand UP to those liars who try to intimidate them.

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