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<h6 id="ra-headline"><span style="color:#080000;"><strong>Fake news writer who claimed responsibility for Trump’s election win is found dead </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#080000;"><strong>Paul Horner, 38, was found in his Laveen, Arizona apt on Sept 18 </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#080000;"><strong>Horner allegedly has a history of prescription drug abuse</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#080000;"><strong>Authorities found evidence Horner may have died from an accidental overdose </strong></span></h6>
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-262957" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/paul-horner-3.png" alt="Paul Horner 3" width="806" height="605" />Fake news writer Paul Horner was found in his apt outside Phoenix, Ariz., Sept 18</h6>
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<div class="ra-date-updated">According to a <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/09/26/z-fake-news-writer-paul-horner-dies-phoenix/701038001/">AZcentral </a>report Paul Horner was one of the people who consciously crafted false news stories and passed them off as real that President Donald Trump relied on during the 2016 election.</div>
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<article id="ra-body">Arizona resident Horner, who made his living creating news hoaxes that often went viral, was found dead last week, but the Maricopa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office believes the death is accidental.<br />
The fake news writer who claimed responsibility for President Trump’s astounding 2016 election victory was found dead in his Laveen, Arizona home at the age of 38.<br />
Paul Horner was found in his bed on Sept. 18, and an autopsy found no signs of foul play, Sheriff’s Office spokesman Mark Casey announced Tuesday.<br />
The 38-year-old had a history of prescription drug abuse, his family said. Evidence at the scene suggests that Horner may have died from an accidental overdose, according to the sheriff&#8217;s office.<br />
Toxicology reports from the medical examiner&#8217;s office, as well as the official cause of death, are still pending.<br />
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<h6><strong>Fake news writer Paul Horner, speaks to CNN&#8217;s Anderson Cooper about his work.</strong></h6>
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<article>Horner, came to be known for fabricating wild hoaxes which he disseminated on the internet. While creating the inflammatory stories that often went viral on Facebook, Paul Horner claimed he was the graffiti artist Banksy and wrote wild stories about actor Bill Murray running for president.<br />
Some of his incendiary work include a story falsely claiming President Barack Obama was homosexual and a radical Muslim. In another fake news story, he published that protesters were being paid thousands of dollars to demonstrate at Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign rallies.<br />
Horner took on greater prominence during the presidential election when false stories were widely shared on social media during the race between Trump and Hillary Clinton.<br />
In an interview with <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/11/17/facebook-fake-news-writer-i-think-donald-trump-is-in-the-white-house-because-of-me/?utm_term=.67da8b50b070">The Washington Post</a> in 2016, Horner said, &#8220;I think Trump is in the White House because of me.&#8221;</p>
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-262884" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/paul-horner-2.png" alt="Paul Horner 2.png" width="990" height="1518" /><strong> Paul Horner [left], and his brother J.J.</strong></h6>
<p>An unrepentant Horner later said he didn&#8217;t believe it was possible for Trump to win, appeared shocked that his own stories took off and blamed the President&#8217;s supporters for failing to fact-check his claims.<br />
Despite professing a hatred for Trump, he did not express any remorse. Instead, he appeared to take pride in his work, saying there was &#8220;purpose and meaning&#8221; behind his fake news stories.<br />
Horner, who said he earned $10,000 a month, also told the <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2017/09/26/z-fake-news-writer-paul-horner-dies-phoenix/701038001/">Arizona Republic</a> in 2016, &#8220;I’ve always done the right thing&#8230;I’m definitely proud of my life, but more proud of how my writing has become in the last few years.&#8221;<br />
Horner&#8217;s brother J.J. who said they grew up in Minnesota before moving to Arizona as teenagers, paid tribute to his brother on Facebook: &#8220;He will be greatly missed. Rest In Peace brother. I love you so much, I know you&#8217;re out there somewhere.&#8221;</p>
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Paul Horner, fake news writer who claimed responsibility for Donald Trump’s election triumph found dead in his Ariz. apartment
