Jan 9 the Washington Compost reported that Trump had pressured Georgia election investigators to "find the fraud " in the election results that had swung Georgia to Quid.
Well that was used as one of the reasons for the 2nd Trump show trial ;just as Adam Schiff- head's fictional narrative of a Trump call with Ukraine President Zelensky was used as justification for the 1st show trial .
The accusation against Trump if true could be construed to be an obstruction of justice as indeed the House prosecution claimed .
It took a couple months ,but the Compost snuck in a correction to their tale March 11.
Correction: Two months after publication of this story, the Georgia secretary of state released an audio recording of President Donald Trump’s December phone call with the state’s top elections investigator. The recording revealed that The Post misquoted Trump’s comments on the call, based on information provided by a source. Trump did not tell the investigator to ‘find the fraud’ or say she would be ‘a national hero’ if she did so. Instead, Trump urged the investigator to scrutinize ballots in Fulton County, Ga., asserting she would find ‘dishonesty’ there. He also told her that she had ‘the most important job in the country right now.’ A story about the recording can be found here. The headline and text of this story have been corrected to remove quotes misattributed to Trump.
Trump pressured a Georgia elections investigator in call legal experts say could amount to obstruction - The Washington Post
The Compost had written that
“The president’s attempts to intervene in an ongoing investigation could amount to obstruction of justice or other criminal violations, legal experts said, though they cautioned a case could be difficult to prove,”
The Compost did not correct that conclusion . Their correction just says it did not happen.
It was used in the impeachment brief page 10 ,and in oral argument by Penn Rep Madeline Dean .
The fabricated quotes were sourced to “an individual familiar with the call who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the conversation.”
Then several other members of the 5th column ..... ooops I mean 4th estate confirmed the Compost story using their own anonymous sources.
Georgia: Trump reportedly pressured elections investigator to overturn election (cnbc.com)
Trump told Georgia election investigator to find dishonesty in call (usatoday.com)
The Compost has since revealed that Jordan Fuchs, the deputy secretary of state, was its anonymous source .
So did the other news outlets talk to him ? Or did they even bother attempting independent journalism ? So how often did the press fabricate news about Trump in his 4 years as President ? More important than that . If the press is going to cover a President with that lack of regard for honest reporting ,how often is someone without the means to fight back subject to such sloppy and biased journalism ?