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ABC News Falsely Accuses Paul Manafort of Killing Five People

As ABC News cut to a live break to watch President Trump talk with members of Congress at the White House on Wednesday, someone at the network inserted a fake headline into their chyron announcing that Paul Manafort had pled guilty to five charges of manslaughter.

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In reality, the former Trump 2016 presidential campaign chairman is currently in jail awaiting trial on several dozen criminal charges, most of which are related to allegations that he laundered more than $30 million over a decade of undisclosed lobbying on behalf of political interests in Ukraine, including a pro-Russia political party.

However, the charges of manslaughter were a complete fabrication by ABC. This was confirmed by the ABC News PR group’s official Twitter account, which issued a statement apologizing for the fake headline and promising an investigation into how it was allowed to be broadcasted on live television:

NewsBusters originally caught ABC’s glaring example of fake news and posted a video of the incident which can be viewed here

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