In the lawsuit, Wheeler now says that he never made that statement. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump had no knowledge of the false story before it was posted and that it was "completely untrue" that the White House had any role in shaping it. Wheeler also said that he and Butowsky had met with outgoing White House press secretary Sean Spicer and showed Spicer notes on Wheeler's investigation. As Ed himself has noted, he has never met the president and the White House had nothing to do with his story." On the day the Fox story was posted, Spicer was asked about the report that Rich had emailed WikiLeaks.

Source: ABC News August 01, 2017 14:34 UTC