1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,360 Speaker 1: Well, now it's time for our daily Bloomberg Law Brief, 2 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,200 Speaker 1: exploring legal issues in the news. And today, Bloomberg Law 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: host joom grass So discusses a new lawsuit accusing President 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 1: Trump of concocting a story that a d n C 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: staffer was killed for leaking Hillary Clinton's emails to wiki leaks. 6 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 1: She speaks with the Bloomberg News legal reporter Eric Larson. 7 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:25,920 Speaker 1: Eric explained the story itself and how Trump allegedly was involved. Well, 8 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 1: the story suggested that the murder of twenty seven year 9 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 1: old Seth Rich last year may have been planned by 10 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 1: the Democratic National Committee to punish him for leaking thousands 11 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 1: of emails to wiki leaks. Um, this was a conspiracy 12 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: theory that was sort of popularized by Julian Assange, the 13 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: founder of Wiki leaks, last year in August, about a 14 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: month after that murder, and it's it is unsolved at 15 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: this point, But there was just no credence for this 16 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: d n C murder story until it came to life again. 17 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: Um just around the time, just after Director Comy was 18 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: fired from the FBI and the Russia probe was heating 19 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: up again, and then out of nowhere, Fox News publishes 20 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 1: this story on May sixteen, saying that an investigator for 21 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: the deceased man's family had found sort of evidence that 22 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: rich who was murdered, had sent emails to Wiki leaks. 23 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,319 Speaker 1: And now this private investigator says he never said that 24 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: to Fox News even though he worked closely with Fox 25 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,679 Speaker 1: News on this story. He says they attributed fake quotes 26 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 1: to him in that story that were the basically the 27 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: basis for the story, and said that he never said 28 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,320 Speaker 1: that the story is fake and it was all part 29 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: of a plan with Trump, allegedly to distract from the 30 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: Russia probe. So where did he get or how does 31 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: he attribute his knowledge of the alleged Trump connection to 32 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: the story. He says that he received text messages from 33 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: the people who was working with at Fox Uh saying 34 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: that Trump had read the story and that he wanted 35 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,399 Speaker 1: it out immediately and that was just in a few 36 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: days before it was published. So clearly they are alleging 37 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: in this complaint extensive ties between the White House, the administration, 38 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: and Fox News in the planning of this story, even 39 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 1: the hiring of the investigator who later sued that it 40 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: was all part of an alleged plot to distract from 41 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: the Russia probe and bring back to life this sort 42 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: of zombie story about the d n C murdering of 43 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: former staffer. That's Bloomberg News and Legal reporter Eric Larsen 44 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 1: speaking with Bloomberg Law host JRM Grosso. 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