Trump Seizes On Conspiracy That FBI Tipped Off CNN: ‘Who Alerted CNN To Be There?’

US President Donald Trump makes a statement about immigration and the border wall from the diplomatic reception room of the White House January 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (... US President Donald Trump makes a statement about immigration and the border wall from the diplomatic reception room of the White House January 19, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump responded to the indictment of his former associate Roger Stone Friday by suggesting that the FBI may have tipped off CNN about Stone’s impending arrest.

Conservatives like former Fox News anchor Greta VanSusteren began circulating the conspiracy on Twitter after CNN obtained exclusive footage of the arrest outside Stone’s Fort Lauderdale home. CNN has denied they were tipped off and said reporters decided to stake out the home after witnessing unusual grand jury activity in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

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  1. Full power to the rear deflector shields. Cover my ass, said Individual-1.

  2. Why would it have been from Mueller’s office? Isn’t it more likely a tip from local people who got word of it? But yeah they are just trying to deflect from the real story.

  3. Probably Kellyanne or Bianca

  4. LOL…she’s moonwalking like it’s back in style and is getting excoriated for her initial conspiracy tweet.

    https://twitter.com/greta

  5. I saw the CNN reporter this morning who said he staked it out because of the Grand Jury hearing yesterday and it being Friday.

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