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  • 2016-08-04 (xsd:date)
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  • Deceased FBI Agent Found at Trump Tower with Silenced Pistol (en)
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  • On 2 August 2016 the web site Get Off the BS published an article reporting that a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who had purportedly been killed in 2007 had just been captured during an attempt to sneak into Trump Tower that same day armed with an illegally silenced pistol: The article contained a whole host of bizarre and difficult to parse claims, beginning with the inclusion of an FBI agent supposedly killed in the line of duty in 2007, suggesting that Bush's demise was faked and the agent subsequently went deep undercover to work for operatives of the U.S. government or other entities. The New York Times reported on the death of agent Barry Lee Bush in April 2007: Get Off the BS also framed Trump Tower as if it were the private residence of Donald Trump rather than as a Midtown tourist attraction at which Trump himself is rarely present. If some shadowy figure had really been targeting Trump for a violent attack, he would have been better served making use of the candidate's campaign schedule (freely available via his social media feeds) rather than breaking into Trump Tower. The article layered on additional nebulous conspiracy claims, asserting that an FBI page about Bush went down after Get Off the BS achieved their big scoop: Contrary to those claims, a page memorializing Barry Bush is accessible on the FBI's web site. Get Off The BS doesn't advertise itself as a fake news site, but the site does include a satire category and an About page that states: A similarly unhinged FAQ page proclaims: We contacted the NYPD to ask whether any arrests were made at Trump Tower on 2 August 2016, or if any other recent arrests matched the one reported by Get Off the BS. A public information officer confirmed to us that no such incidents had been reported or responded to by the NYPD, despite Get Off the BS's claim that Barry Bush was arrested and booked by the NYPD on 2 August 2016. What did happen was that an inebriated security guard with a concealed carry permit (and no ill intent) was briefly taken into custody for intruding into a security area outside Trump Tower: (en)
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