An unsubstantiated, supposedly "confidential" 35-page UK intelligence dossier on Donald Trump, which was leaked to the media earlier this week, had its origins on the internet bulletin board 4Chan, its users have claimed.
On Wednesday the US news network CNN reported that the report's contents were presented to Obama and President-elect Trump by US officials last week, and the news website BuzzFeed published the document in full.
CNN advances my pre-election story on the intel reports that said Moscow spies had an operation to cultivate Trump. https://t.co/xv8X5LL7Jm
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 10, 2017
The report alleges "further indications of the extensive conspiracy between Trump's campaign and the Kremlin" https://t.co/k0sQhcvGlc pic.twitter.com/VMLrw3Ca7M
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 11, 2017
The report includes outrageous unverified allegations, including one that Trump ordered prostitutes to urinate in front of him in the presidential suite of the Ritz Carlton Hotel, where he knew that President Barack Obama and his wife had stayed.
News outlets took the decision to run the story in spite of clues that the document was a fake, including factual errors and the use of the heading "Confidential/Sensitive Source" which is used by neither UK nor US intelligence agencies.
35 page PDF published by Buzzfeed on Trump is not an intelligence report. Style, facts & dates show no credibility.https://t.co/twa8pJMMtP
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 11, 2017
However, in a further twist it is now said that the internet bulletin board 4Chan was the source of the rumor, which first began to circulate in November.
4chan trolled Rick Wilson with the Trump piss story back in November 2016. Media or CIA added Russian spies themselves. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. pic.twitter.com/BFJDvzcgbf
— Mr Bones (@mrbones_returns) January 11, 2017
According to 4Chan users, when anti-Trump Republican political strategist Rick Wilson received the false dossier, he thought it was real and gave it to the CIA.
The intelligence agency decided to investigate the claims, and even briefed the President about them, as CNN reported.
TFW /pol/ doesn't realize its own power level and fucks up big time pic.twitter.com/9swxeJOyrE
— Best of 4chan (@4chansbest) January 11, 2017
On Wednesday Moscow dismissed claims that Russian intelligence has "compromising intelligence" on Donald Trump, and described the allegations as an attempt to harm bilateral relations.
However, the spokesman added that there is a "sad side to it."
"There are people who are whipping up hysteria, going out of their way to keep up the atmosphere of a witch hunt," Peskov said.
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