CNN political commentator and former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski lied about Newsweek’s Kurt Eichenwald, claiming the reporter, who authored a report explaining how Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s business ties would cause a “national security nightmare,” has “said that he has information that George W. Bush was directly related to the 9/11 terrorist attack.” CNN host Alisyn Camerota corrected Lewandowski, noting that Eichenwald actually “said that George Bush ignored warnings before 9/11” and not that the former president was involved in the attacks.
Trump, however, does have ties to a 9/11 truther. Alex Jones, a conspiracy theorist radio host and Trump sycophant, has been called outrepeatedly for spreading conspiracy theories about the 9/11 attacks. Jones has also spread conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook massacre and the Oklahoma City bombing. Jones says he has “personally talked” to Trump and has commented that “it is surreal to talk about issues here on air and then word-for-word hear Trump say it two days later.” From the September 14 edition of CNN’s New Day: