Thread: We knew in 2015 Trump wasn't a billionaire -- not even close. Media covered for him. Remember in 2015 I confirmed a Washington Post report that Trump was NOT self funding and had a super PAC even though he claimed he didn't and was slamming his GOP rivals' super PACs?1/9

When I publicly confirmed the WaPo piece was right and that Lewandowski told me about the superPAC when th Trump camp approached me to be comms dir, Trump ordered FOX to ban me. I was canceled on that day. FOX pushed the lie that Trump was rich, self-funding & had no superPAC 2/9

The catfishing of me began that day. A Colorado connection to the catfisher we later found. "Coincidentally" Lewandowski pal who ran the Trump superPAC, Mike Ciletti, was based in Colorado, as was a former DHS & NASA cyber guy who left DC, moved to CO as a private hire 3/9

Trump shuttered the superPAC and got his TV exec pals to keep it tamped down so no one would know he was only a fake billionaire -- his entire persona and the basis for "The Apprentice" would have cratered. He'd have been out of the race within a week. 4/9

When I brought up Trump's superPAC on CNN, Trump ordered his bff Jeff Zucker to ban me to silence me. Zucker greenlit "The Apprentice" for Trump at NBC, had to pretend Trump was a billionaire & needed Trump ratings for CNN. I was banned. 5/9

The transcript from my segment scrubbed from CNN archives. Trump and Lewandowski defamed me.
When POLITICIO was about to publish a big piece on the catfishing of me, and called Team Trump for comment BEFORE PUBLICATION, my email was hacked. FBI launched an investigation 6/9

All of this was done to me because Trump was desperate that no one know he was a failure living on loans and daddy's money. Trump is NOT a billionaire - not even close. He was NOT self-funding. 7/9

Trump had a superPAC, lied about it, and Roger Ailes & Jeff Zucker helped cover it up. @BillOReilly lied for Trump. @CNN's Jeff Zucker knew better than anyone that Trump was lying about being a billionaire, was lying about the superPAC, lying about me. Zucker covered for him 8/9

Trump's desperation to hide his taxes is about hiding crimes, the fact that Russia owns him and worse, that he's not a billionaire. What he has comes from cheating, lying, money laundering, fraud. It's like cutting Sampson's hair. Trump has been propped up by Zucker & Ailes 9/9