By Veronika Bondarenko, businessinsider.com
A longtime Fox News commentator has sued the network, claiming it used him to deflect attention from investigations about the Trump campaign’s ties with the Russian government by publishing a “fake news” story about the death of a Democratic National Committee staffer.
Rod Wheeler, who says he has worked as a contributor for Fox News since 2002, claims in the suit that Fox News reporter Malia Zimmerman fabricated quotes from Wheeler with the “knowledge and support” of Ed Butowsky, a wealthy Dallas investor and supporter of President Donald Trump. The lawsuit, which was obtained by Business Insider, also claims that the story garnered the “full … attention of the White House,” including Trump.
Read more at http://www.businessinsider.com/rod-wheeler-seth-rich-murder-fox-news-lawsuit-2017-8
