Financier pushed fake Seth Rich story to pull attention from Trump-Russia probe, suit says

DALLAS — A federal lawsuit accuses a Dallas-area financial adviser of orchestrating a “fake news” story with Fox News and the Trump White House to distract the public from the Russia investigation. The defamation suit filed Tuesday targets Ed Butowsky, a managing partner at Chapwood Investments LLC in Addison and an outspoken supporter of President Donald…