The Word of God Online has some fake news it would like to share.
“BREAKING: Wall Street Journal Reports Mueller Just Subpoenaed Trump,” author 3dprinting9542 tells readers.
The post refers back to a November 2017 article from the Wall Street Journal, which reported that Mueller’s team “issued a subpoena to President Donald Trump’s campaign requesting Russia-related documents from more than a dozen top officials.”
In line with similar false stories, the Word of God Online’s report has some correct information even though the headline is extremely misleading. Citing the Wall Street Journal’s November report, the article clarifies that the subpoena was for documents from certain campaign officials, not that Trump himself was subpoenaed.
While Trump has expressed a willingness to speak under oath to Mueller, saying that he is “looking forward to it, actually,” reporting that he himself has been subpoenaed is very misleading.
Pope Francis recently compared fake news to the tactics of the snake in the Garden of Eden—ironic that a headline from the Word of God Online is guilty of the same.
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