Yet Another Anonymously Sourced Trump-Russia Story Falls Apart

Yet Another Anonymously Sourced Trump-Russia Story Falls Apart

Daily Caller
Sept 8, 2017

Once again, a huge Trump-Russia story that relied upon anonymous sources has fallen apart.

NBC News dropped what the network hyped as a potential bombshell last week. Manafort Notes From Russian Meet Contain Cryptic Reference to Donations,’ the original headline read. The story claimed that Manaforts notes from the 2016 Trump Tower meeting with White House aide Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer included the word donations near a reference to the Republican National Committee.

NBC began walking back the potential bombshell almost immediately, issuing a correction the same day noting that the word donation didnt actually appear in the notes, but quoting one source who said the word donor was in the notes.

But NBCs corrected story still wasnt accurate, according to a new Politico report, which said that the word donor didnt appear in Manaforts notes. Moreover, Manaforts notes are not seen as damaging to the Trump family or campaign officials, Politico reported. The outlet cited several sources who have seen Manaforts notes, while NBC relied on two sources briefed on the evidence to make its claim.

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