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On 3 November 2018, the web site TrumpSupporter.org published an article about a pile of manure found dumped outside of Warren County Democratic Party headquarters in Lebanon, Ohio: This is a genuine photograph of a pile manure dsicovered outside of the Warren County Democratic Headquarters. However, this stinky situation occurred in October 2016 and not in 2018. In fact, this November 2018 story from TrumpSupporters.org was a word-for-word copy of an October 2016 article originally published in the Washington Post. TrumpSupporters.org simply lifted the entire text, title, and lead image from this story and republished it as if it were a current event. Warren County Democratic Headquarters was the victim of a poop prank in 2012, and then again in 2016. A few days after the 2016 prank, a man named James Pinell admitted to authorities that was responsible for both political stunts: Pinell was charged with one count of criminal mischief, a third-degree misdemeanor which can be punishable by a maximum sentence of 60 days in jail and a $500 fine. Pinell said that he planned on framing his citation:
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