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Radio. but today the fine folks of npr deliver a stunner. their story detailing a lawsuit that alleges that fox news deliberately concocted a story with the specific intent of helping clear donald trump of suspicion that his campaign colluded with russia in the run-up to the 2016 election. the story involved a 27-year-old dnc staffer named seth rich who was murdered last year in which police said was a botched robbery attempt. in may of this year fox published a story saying it was rich who leaked all of the e-mails and not russian government hacker. the story quoted rob wheeler saying his onl...

D.c. staffer who was murdered last year in which police said was a botched robbery attempt. in may of this year fox published a story saying wit us rich who leaked out of the e-mail and not russian government hacker. the story quoted rob wheeler saying his only investigation showed a leak between the dnc staffer and wikileaks. a week later fox retracted the story. and today in a lawsuit uncovered by npr, rod wheeler alleges that those quotes were fabricated. that he never said he connected the dnc staffer to wikileaks. more than that, he alleges that fox's story was designed to shift the blame...

Did not hack our computers and steal the e-mail. wheeler appeared today on "the beat" and talked about the allegations in the lawsuit he's making against fox news. >> fox news reporting you as the source linking the dnc staffer to this hacking. you're saying at the time that was false. >> the reporter at fox news wrote the story. i immediately challenged her saying, that's simply not true. you and i both know that's not true. and he said her bosses told her to leave the quotes in there. i said why would you leave something in an article that you know is not true. that's why we're here today. >...

2016 was never solved. he was fatally shot on the 10th of july last year. he says, i'm going to help the family. i've uncovered a piece of information. a friend brought it to me. tells the family. what's more, you guys should have a private detective. they said they can't afford it. he said why don't i take care of that for you. they present him rob wheeler. free of charge, an investigator. presented with an unusual degree of documentation in this lawsuit is that from the outset this was a vehicle, according to the lawsuit, according to wheeler for butowsky to essentially exonerate the preside...

Know is not true? that's why we're here today. >> wheeler says because fox news pinned a false story on him that, his reputation has been essentially damaged. fox news for the report denies that the story was designed to detract from russian collusion narrative. they say fox has no evidence that rob wheeler was misquoted. joining us, david. what a great scoop. congratulations on that first of all. and let's start with how rod wheeler wound up in the middle of this in the first place. >> well it's almost, not quite but almost a hermetically sealed universe. you've got ed who is the pitted figur...