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  • 2017-07-13 (xsd:date)
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  • Was James Comey Taken from His Home by Feds at 3 A.M.? (en)
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  • On 2 July 2017, the prolific fake news web site Last Line of Defense posted a report stating that James Comey, the former Federal Bureau of Investigation director fired months before by President Trump, had been taken into custody by federal agents on unspecified charges: Despite containing grammatical errors, misspellings, and strikingly few details, the article was reposted by numerous other questionable web sites, including News Feed Hunter, Global News 365, Flash News Corner and American Flavor News. No similar reports appeared in any legitimate news venues, however. Although President Trump has accused Comey of illegally leaking classified information, Comey has not been charged with any such crime. (Had the former director of the FBI actually been arrested at any time of day, it would have been front-page news.) True to form, LLOD's original article is entirely fictitious. A disclaimer on the web site leaves no doubt as to the site's satirical intent: (en)
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