Geraldo Takes Back “Hoax” Claim: I Outsmarted Myself

Mediaite reports:

Last night Geraldo Rivera speculated that the bombs being sent to high-profile Democrats were an “elaborate hoax.”

“Maybe it was a wretchedly incompetent bomber who didn’t know how to make a bomb,” he said, “that never studied the Internet, someone who wanted to embarrass President Trump, somebody who wanted to affect American political life. It could have been a Russian invention.”

This afternoon he took to Twitter to admit he was wrong in “conjuring false flag operation” when it the suspect appears to be a crazy person who happens to be a Trump supporter.

Never mind; outsmarted myself in conjuring false flag operation designed to hurt @realDonaldTrump & #GOP. Actual alleged perp 56-year old #CesarSayoc is apparently stereotype most media assumed: a middle-aged, rabid, extreme right winger w a troubled past & long criminal record.

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) October 26, 2018

#CesarSayoc has long criminal history of extremist behavior-like his 2002 bomb threats-which predate @realDonaldTrump’s political career-He’s a self-started amateur extremist- He didn’t need Trump for inspiration. #Congratulations to #FBI & all those whose lives were disrupted

— Geraldo Rivera (@GeraldoRivera) October 26, 2018