A news release stoked speculation across the state just as GOP lawmakers worked to revive the case for impeachment.
By Chris Brennan, Clout, Updated on Jul 28, 2023, 6:00 a.m. ET
Clout today details the perfect summer recipe for a juicy rumor.
Take a slow time in the political calendar, such as the fourth week in July. Mix in a controversial politician — Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. Have him call an all-staff meeting. Then circulate a bogus “news release” claiming he’s leaving for a new job.
Stir all week until it comes to a rolling boil, with people viewing this rumor through their own prism of partisanship — Krasner critics hoping aloud that it comes true, Krasner fans fearing a progressive prosecutor is calling it quits.
Then dump it in the trash. Because that’s what it is.
“You are stuck with me,” Krasner told Clout this week, sounding half-bemused by the rumor and half-ticked off about the bogus news release. “I actually love my job. I like what I’m doing.”
Someone claiming to be Abigail Symond-Fakour — a Clout search of the Lexis-Nexis database found no such person exists — declared in a news release being passed around that Krasner would become the executive director of the National Lawyers Guild next week.
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