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Casprings

(347 posts) Mon Aug 28, 2017, 08:21 PM Aug 2017

Lurid Trump allegations made by Louise Mensch and co-writer came from hoaxer

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/28/trump-tweets-hoax-louise-mensch-claude-taylor

Mensch and Claude Taylor tweeted details of criminal inquires that didn’t exist

Hoaxer who fed information said she acted out of frustration over fake news

Taylor issues mea culpa on Twitter after being approached by Guardian

Damn.

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Lurid Trump allegations made by Louise Mensch and co-writer came from hoaxer (Original Post) Casprings Aug 2017 OP

Fool them once, fool them always. MineralMan Aug 2017 #1

MineralMan

(146,308 posts)

1. Fool them once, fool them always.

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Mon Aug 28, 2017, 08:23 PM

Aug 2017

It's easy to fool fools.

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