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White House 'planted fake story to smear reporter who wrote about leaks'
“The only time Jessica recalls almost getting emotional is when we had to relay the information on the death of Chief Ryan Owens.”
The father of the same Seal refused to meet Donald Trump and wants an investigation into the botched operation.
Six and a half hours after the Politico report broke, the Washington Examiner published a story about Mr Isenstadt.
It quoted an anonymous source as saying that Isenstadt “appeared dismissive and laughed” at Mr Spicer’s denial and reference to Mr Owens.
“He started laughing about that Seal,” said The Examiner’s "informed official" source.
Politico editor Carrie Budoff Brown accused the White House of anonymously planting a fake story to smear its reporter.
Donald Trump said last week that anonymous sources should be banned.
The 70-year-old billionaire businessman once used unnamed sources to make repeated false claims about Barack Obama.