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Trump Supporters are Spreading Photos of Chris Wallace with ‘Jeffery Epstein’…But It’s Not Epstein

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Trump supporters aren’t exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer.

And Trump’s supporters are now using their best internet sleuthing skills, and a lot of Google in an attempt to discredit Fox News anchor Chris Wallace.

Shortly after he moderated the first 2020 presidential debate on Sept. 29, posts appeared on Facebook claiming to show Wallace with Jeffrey Epstein, the late disgraced financier who pleaded not guilty to trafficking charges involving dozens of underage girls in 2019.

Some users say the image was taken on Little St. James, the private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands once owned by Epstein.

But GUESS WHAT?

Both claims are false: the image shows Wallace vacationing with actor George Clooney in Italy in 2012.

Back in Aug. 2012, Wallace and his wife Lorraine Martin Smothers joined Clooney and his then-girlfriend Stacy Keibler on a vacation at Clooney’s home on Italy’s Lake Como.

You can watch details of the trip on Politico here.

Describing their time as “great food, great wine, and great talk,” Wallace, who has hosted Fox News Sunday since 2003, said that he and Clooney, an outspoken liberal “could disagree agreeably” and both found that the “demonization of the other side is a very unhealthy thing in our politics today.”

Clooney has owned his Italian villa in the town of Lagio since 2002. Two years after buying the property, he was made an honorary citizen in the nearby town of Como.

So, the images being circulated by Trump supporters do not show Chris Wallace with Jeffrey Epstein, nor was it taken at Epstein’s private Caribbean island. But that hasn’t stopped lunatics on Twitter was spreading the rumor. What’s crazy, is the photo doesn’t even look like Epstein?

I mean, this is clearly George Clooney in this photo:

As for his party registration, in 2016 Wallace told The Hollywood Reporter this:

“I’m pretty independent, but I’m a registered Democrat because where I live, in Washington, D.C., the only elections that count are the Democratic primaries. But I’ve voted for Democrats and Republicans for president.”

Wallace remains one of the top political journalists in America, despite being on a network slanted toward Republicans. And despite being a Fox Newser, it’s a shame Wallace must deal with this type of crap from Trump supporters, who refuse to look at facts. They just want a cheap attack at Wallace, because Trump did so terribly at the debate.

As you can see, these people simply don’t care about the truth or facts:

Nicole Hickman
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Nicole Hickman James is a lifelong Democrat and political activist who first cut her teeth as a teenager volunteering for Mike Dukakis’ presidential campaign. She has worked and volunteered for John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, HFA (Hillary For America), and Organizing For Action. She’s passionate about liberal and progressive causes and considers President Obama her favorite president ever. She holds her Bachelor’s from Boston College in Economics and her Master's from Columbia, also in Economics. When not working as a writer, she enjoys traveling and spending time with her three college-aged children.

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