Malia Zimmerman is an investigative reporter for FoxNews.com and covers news related to terrorism, crime, homeland security, and government corruption. She has been contributing to the information since 2016.
In May 2017, Fox News posted a story from Zimmerman that invoked unnamed law enforcement sources to claim Democratic Committee staffer Seth Rich had been tied to the leak months after his death.
As NPR previously reported, the story was orchestrated behind the scenes by Trump supporter Ed Butowsky. He had also arranged for the private investigator to serve as a critical source for Zimmerman’s story.
The story quickly started a storm on Fox News programs and other conservative outlets. The private investigator was said to have disputed the quotation and ascribed it to him almost immediately.
Only a week later, Fox restarted the story and the network would cut ties with its commentators, Butowsky and Rod Wheeler, and later on with its investigative reporter Zimmerman.
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