{"id":32249,"date":"2016-08-05T13:26:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T20:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32249"},"modified":"2016-08-05T13:33:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T20:33:37","slug":"trump-tries-to-weasel-out-of-iranian-video-claims-with-incoherent-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32249","title":{"rendered":"Trump Tries To Weasel Out Of Iranian Video Claims With Incoherent Tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Fox News aired a report<\/a><\/strong> that alleged, without evidence, that the Obama administration had paid a ransom to secure the release of Americans imprisoned in Iran. Accompanying the report was a video that Fox implied was of the transfer of American cash to the Iranians. However, it quickly became clear that the video in fact showed a group of prisoners being released in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

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That didn’t stop Donald Trump from repeatedly characterizing the video he saw as showing cash being unloaded at a Iranian airport. His remarks were unambiguous as he told supporters that “I\u2019ll never forget the scene this morning. […] the tape is of the people taking the money off the plane. Right?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Wrong. There is no such video and even Trump’s campaign spokesperson admitted that. Today Trump himself took a step toward correcting the record with a tweet:<\/p>\n

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The plane I saw on television was the hostage plane in Geneva, Switzerland, not the plane carrying $400 million in cash going to Iran!<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n