BuzzFeed punked by bogus Bundy lawsuit

Published January 4, 2016 6:00pm ET



Buzzfeed fell for a prank Monday morning, and reported incorrectly that Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy had filed a “bizarre” handwritten lawsuit against President Obama in 2014.

“That is a hoax,” a spokesperson for the rancher’s family told the Washington Examiner’s media desk. “Cliven has never filed a lawsuit. He [was] not involved at any point. That article is completely untrue.”

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