{"id":182365,"date":"2019-01-19T05:45:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T05:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=182365"},"modified":"2019-01-21T06:45:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T06:45:26","slug":"buzzfeed-reporter-admits-he-hasnt-seen-any-evidence-to-validate-trump-tower-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=182365","title":{"rendered":"BuzzFeed Reporter Admits He Hasn&#8217;t Seen Any Evidence to Validate Trump Tower Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Paul Joseph Watson \u2013 Propagandamatrix Jan 18, 2019<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Buzzfeed-reporters-talks-about-his-story.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-182366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Buzzfeed-reporters-talks-about-his-story.jpg\" alt=\"Buzzfeed reporters talks about his story\" width=\"540\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Buzzfeed-reporters-talks-about-his-story.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Buzzfeed-reporters-talks-about-his-story-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>The BuzzFeed reporter who wrote the story about President Trump allegedly ordering Michael Cohen to lie about plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow admitted on CNN today that he hasn&#8217;t seen any evidence to corroborate it.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Late last night, BuzzFeed released a story written by Anthony Cormier claiming that Trump had received 10 personal updates from Cohen about the progress of the tower and that Trump had &#8220;personally instructed him to lie&#8221; about the date negotiations ended &#8220;in order to obscure Trump&#8217;s involvement&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The story cites two unnamed law enforcement officials who are privy to special counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s investigation into Russian collusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">However, when asked by New Day host Alisyn Camerota if he had personally seen any &#8220;corroborating evidence&#8221; that backs up his story, BuzzFeed&#8217;s Cormier responded, &#8220;No, I&#8217;ve not seen it personally.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BuzzfeedNews Reporter Anthony Cormier appeared on CNN\u2019s New Day and revealed that he had not seen the evidence underlying his report <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c4B4iH2xhx\">pic.twitter.com\/c4B4iH2xhx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Woj Pawelczyk (@Woj_Pawelczyk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Woj_Pawelczyk\/status\/1086264143164903424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He went on to claim that the two unnamed law enforcement officials referred to in his report were aware of the evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The farce again underscores how the media, which Trump has labeled the opposition party, routinely relies on unnamed sources to make monstrous allegations with no tangible evidence to back them up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Yesterday, it was reported that Cohen paid the head of a small technology company to rig online polls in Trump&#8217;s favor, an effort that was unsuccessful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Supporters of Trump and Trump himself have argued that Cohen, whom they have labeled &#8220;the rat,&#8221; is lying and exaggerating in order to secure a reduced prison sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Jordan Schachtel summarized the numerous holes in the &#8220;bombshell&#8221; story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanSchachtel\/status\/1086232944937701377<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Facebook @ <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PaulJosephWatson\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PaulJosephWatson\/<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"> FOLLOW Paul Joseph Watson @ <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPlanet\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrisonPlanet<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">*********************<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Paul Joseph Watson is the editor at large of <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/infowars.com\">Infowars.com<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/prisonplanet.com\">Prison Planet.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.propagandamatrix.com\/articles\/january2019\/180119_buzzfeed_reporter.htm\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve not seen it personally,&#8221; 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