So the retweet by Trump comes from Jack Posobiec:
Of course, the point from Trump and Posobiec is to bash the liberal, Democrat-run city for it’s gun and violence problems. More to the point, it’s to deflect from Trump’s many and growing troubles. However, there’s a big problem with Trump’s retweet as Maggie duly notes:
So Trump is tweeting not just an infamous Fake News perpetrator, but one guilty of quite the tastelessly conceived story. The critical part of the Buzzfeed story from January:
But, BuzzFeed News has learned, the "Rape Melania" sign was not the work of an anti-Trump protester at all. Instead, according to sources, it was the brainchild of a group of Trump supporters led by Jack Posobiec, one of the organizers of the controversial DeploraBall inauguration party and a prominent figure in the pro-Trump internet.
Furthermore, as shown by a series of Posobiec's text messages obtained by BuzzFeed News and confirmed by a source who collaborated with Posobiec, the sign was the culmination of a disinformation campaign by Posobiec and others intended to paint the anti-Trump rallies as violent and out of control.
In a phone call with BuzzFeed News, Posobiec denied that the texts were sent by him and said that it was likely they had been photoshopped. He also denied having any involvement in the campaign.
BuzzFeed News reviewed the texts on a source's iPhone in Signal, the secure texting app, and the Signal messages allegedly from Posobiec came from the same phone number on which BuzzFeed News talked to Posobiec.
Final Note: Trump retweeted the execrable Posobiec for one reason and one reason only- because he is a wretched soul with bonafide credentials lauded by the White Nationalists. Posobiec is behind Pizzagate, Seth Rich, disrupting the Shakespeare-in-the-Park performance… the guy’s busy!
Thank you Maggie, thank you BuzzFeed, and thank you Trump for being so utterly clueless!
Wonder if he’ll delete the tweet?
Update: Oooh...This AM Jack says Maggie’s wrong:
This should be fun today.