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Former Bill Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart, a CNN analyst, apologized for making up a story about two Republican senators discussing the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Lockhart posted a fictional story on social media on Jan. 22 that included no disclaimer. The news analyst claimed that he overheard a conversation between two GOP senators who only watch Fox News.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs this stuff real? I havent heard any of this before. I thought it was all about a server. If half the stuff Schiff is saying is true, were up [expletive] creek. Hope the White House has exculpatory evidence,\u201d Lockhart tweeted.<\/p>\n

After the post circulated widely on Twitter, Lockhart said that he might have made up the conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOk maybe I made up the convo, But you know thats exactly what theyre thinking,\u201d he said, defending himself. \u201cEveryone relax,\u201d he said in another post. \u201cThis is satire. Satire to make the point that Senators that are deciding the Presidents fate who only watch Fox News have never heard this stuff before. Because Fox is part of the coverup.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Lockhart apologized for the fabrication in a series of posts on Twitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems my wittiness was not appreciated by all. In fact, some of progressive friends immediately were looking for names of the Senators. Sorry MAGA folks I dont read your responses so I didnt see them. It was my friends questions that led me to believe some peoples desire for this to be true colored there sense of humor. So what to do,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI immediately sent another tweet that it was a made up conversation meant to highlight the fact that some Senators were hearing this for the first time because they only watch Fox. When questions still were raised I tweeted again that this was satiRead More \u2013 Source<\/a>
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