President Donald Trump blasted ABC News Wednesday evening as "fake" after the network falsely aired a graphic saying his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges.
According to USAToday, the lower-third graphic, called a chyron, appeared on-screen during a special report on the immigration crisis and Trump's response to families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. It read: "Manafort pleads guilty to 5 charges of manslaughter."
Manafort has not been charged with manslaughter. He has been charged with other crimes as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, including bank fraud and a vast money laundering and fraud conspiracy.
Last week, Manafort was ordered to jail pending trial after he was accused in a witness tampering scheme.
ABC News took to Twitter to apologize for misreporting the news about Manafort. “We regret and apologize for the false lower third graphic that aired during our special report. We are investigating how incorrect information was in our system and how and why it was allowed to air.”
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