How Trump and Conservative Media Are Cashing in on Disinformation - by David Corn

There is a transmission chain of disinformation on the right that is profitable both financially and politically. This week, Donald Trump supplied a text-book example. Recipients of the solicitation might be persuaded—or have their preexisting errant assumptions reinforced—by the email’s declaration of “new evidence.” Yet under the most cursory examination, this claim of real evidence crumbles. "The former president and the “Federalist” are partners in Big Lie grifting.