President Donald Trump suggested in a tweet this morning that frequent critic Joe Scarborough, the host of the MSNBC's Morning Joe, killed his intern in 2001.





When Scarborough was a Republican Congressman for Florida, his intern, Lori Klausutis, was found dead in his Florida district office. There is no proof that Scarborough had anything to do with it.

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Klausutis, 28, was found behind a desk by two people visiting the Congressman’s district office. An autopsy report found that she had been feeling unwell and heart problems caused her to fall on her desk and hit her head. The medical examiner did not find signs of foul play. Scarborough resigned months later, just five months into his fourth term, with Scarborough saying he wanted to spend more time with his children.

When a guest, Markos Moulitsas of the Daily Kos, mentioned the scandal on air in 2011, he was banned from appearing on MSNBC again.

Trump’s accusing tweet was in response to the announcement this morning that NBC had fired longtime host of NBC's Today, Matt Lauer, for inappropriate sexual conduct following a Monday night complaint.

This article was first written by Newsweek

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