Issa ‘Launches Federal Investigation in BLM Land Grab’ Article Fake

FILE - This March 26, 2014 file photo shows House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. on Capitol Hill in Washington. Issa is doggedly pursuing the question of whether military personnel were told to “stand down” during the 2012 deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, despite the insistence of military leaders and other Republicans that it never happened. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File

An article saying that California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is launching a federal investigation into President Barack Obama and Nevada Sen. Harry Reid’s “involvement” in a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) “land grab” is fake and was published on a saitre website.

It was posted on the National Report, a website that only publishes fake news, describing it as “satire.”

The National Report has a disclaimer that says it’s satire, but it has been taken down. An archived page has the original disclaimer in full.

It reads: “DISCLAIMER: National Report is a news and political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in semi-real or mostly fictitious ways. All news articles contained within National Report are fiction, and presumably fake news. Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental .”