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An unknown person operating from within Congress made edits to the Wikipedia entry on important cases relating to Obstruction of Justice, listing President Donald Trump among the notable examples.

Other notable examples already posted on the Wikipedia page include President Richard Nixon, Scooter Libby and baseball legend Barry Bonds.

Donald Trump was added to the list, along with a link back to his Wikipedia page, on Thursday afternoon, the same time former FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

While its common for Wikipedia pages to be changed, what makes this instance particularly interesting is that it was made byan anonymous posterin a congressional building. Media were alerted to the change by a Twitter account, @Congressedits, which automatically posts a tweet whenever someone using a congressional IP address makes changes on Wikipedia.

Initially, it was believed the change came from Rep. Mike Coffmans (R-Colo.) office, but Gabriel Malor, a writer for the Federalist, said this claim was shot down by a House Security Specialist.

UPDATE: Via Rep. Coffmans office, a House Security Specialist has told them this is an IP address open to the public for wifi use, Malor wrote on Twitter.

Why does this matter? Because speculation has since been flying over whether the change was made as part of some larger media strategy by a congressional office preparing to go on the attack against Trump. This is precisely the theory right-leaning Mediaite promoted on Saturday evening.

Trumps name was mostly likely added to preempt the major news that was bound to come out of James Comeys testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Ken Meyer wrote for Mediaite. The former FBI director spoke about his interactions with Trump, though the question of whether Trump tried to interfere with an active investigation is still being debated.

The change also raises additional questions about the trustworthiness of Wikipedia. If Wikipedia is being actively edited by politicians and their staffs, how reliable could it possibly be?

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Google searches for the DUP will have gone through the roof today after speculation that Theresa May will form a coalition government with the party - but some people were probably shocked by what they discovered.

The Tories lost control of the Commons in yesterday's general election when they failed to win the 326 seats needed to form a majority.

It is thought they will now look to enter a coalition with the Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP ) to push them over the threshold and allow them to form a government.

But some people aren't a fan of the DUP, who oppose abortion and support Brexit .

This dislike has resulted in their Wikipedia page being hacked by a prankster - and replaced with information about the Nazi party.

A screengrab of their Wikipedia page shows Adolf Hitler listed as leader and the name changed from Democratic Union Party to 'Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party' - the official name of the Nazis.

It also lists the deputy leader as Nigel Farage, the former UKIP leader who campaigned for Brexit.

The headquarters are down as an address in Berlin, 'ethnic cleanse county' and under 'ideologies' somebody added "Nazisism".

Anyone who googled the DUP earlier on would have got a bit of a shock.

But the page seems to have returned to normal now and lists Arlene Foster as leader, along with accurate information.

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On the Wikipedia tab showing the history of the page, there is a long list of edits made today as pranksters try to change the information published for the party.

Anyone can edit Wikipedia pages.

The Democratic Unionist Party are based in Northern Ireland and are the fifth largest party in Westminster, with 10 seats.

The party, led by Arlene Foster, is famously anti-abortion and pro-Brexit, deny climate change and don't believe in LGBT rights.

Read more about the DUP Manifesto here .

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During the James Comey hearing Thursday, someone edited the Wikipedia entry for "obstruction of justice" to list President Donald Trump as one of many "notable examples." Trump has not been convicted of obstruction, and Comey's testimony did not suggest he should be. Worse, the anonymous editor altered the entry from a congressional IP address.

"Obstruction of justice Wikipedia article edited anonymously from US House of Representatives," tweeted congress-edits, a bot account that reports on anonymous Wikipedia edits made from IP addresses in the U.S. Congress. The edits can be viewed at this link.

Democrats and the liberal media argue that Trump, in firing former FBI Director Comey, obstructed justice by attempting to prevent an FBI investigation into Michael Flynn. A reporter forThe New York Times, Adam Liptak, found examples of people being convicted of obstruction of justice for statements of hope.

But when Comey was asked point-blank if Trump asked him to stop the investigation, the former FBI director said, "Not to my understanding, no."

Former U.S. attorney Matthew Whitaker told CNN, "There is no criminal case to be made on an obstruction of justice."

"We have the star witness that testified, and quite frankly, his story doesn't rise to the level of intent necessary on behalf of the president to even substantiate a criminal case," Whitaker explained.

Indeed, liberals face a difficult situation. If Trump is guilty of obstructing justice for his statements and actions toward Comey, it is arguable that former Attorney General Loretta Lynch is also guilty. During his testimony Thursday, Comey explained that Lynch told him only to refer to the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton as a "matter." He further revealed that he found this "concerning" and a "conflict of interest."

At the end of the day, only a court or Congress in the case of the president can convict a citizenof obstruction of justice, and no such conviction has been made in the case of President Trump.

The Wikipedia entry has since been re-edited to omit Trump from the "notable examples" of obstruction. But that does not change that someone likely a staffer in the U.S. House of Representatives deliberately altered an Internet record to slander the president, in the absence of a conviction.

This only confirms once again that Trump's enemies and perhaps especially those in government are willing to twist the truth totarnish the president's reputation. At least in this case, the fabrication was short-lived.

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Someone seemingly using an IP address associated with the House of Representatives added Donald Trumps name to a Wikipedia article on obstruction of justice Thursday morningat the same time former FBI Director James Comey took the stand to testify in front of theSenate Intelligence Committee investigating the presidents possible collusion with theKremlin.

@CongressEdits, an automated Twitter bot that announces all edits made to Wikipedia pages with IP addresses from within the U.S. Congress, noted the "Obstruction of Justice"Wikipedia article had been anonymously edited at about 11:00 a.m. EDT, just one hour after Thursdays open hearing on Capitol Hill kicked off. A major focal point of Comeys blockbuster testimony is whether Trump fired the ex-director to intervene and weaken an investigation into his campaigns ties to Russia, as well as whether he obstructed justice by asking Comey to let go of a probe into his former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

The edit was removed from Wikipedia within the hour.

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The debate as to whether Trump actually obstructed justice when asking for the director's loyalty or firing him to ease the burden of the Russian investigation will wage on for years on Capitol Hill. But someone in the House has clearly already made up their mind, adding Trump's name to a list of "notable examples" of obstruction of justice being performed by elected officials.

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The list begins with former President Richard Nixon, who the Wikipedia page notes was "being investigated for obstruction of justice for his alleged role in the cover-up of the break-in at the Watergate hotel during his re-election campaign in 1972,"before he ultimately resigned to avoid impeachment.

Wikipedia's edit was quickly noticed by the Twitter bots over 40,000 followers, receiving nearly 1,000 retweets in a matter of minutes.

Whereas each bullet includes a summary of each example, Trump's name was added Thursday to the list without any back links or pointed opinions. As of Thursday, the latest notable example of obstruction of justice listed on Wikipedia simply stated: "Donald Trump."

It remains unclear whether Trump obstructed justice at any point during his nine conversations with Comey during his tenure as FBI director. The former head of the federal agency, who was serving a 10-year contract before Trump fired him in May, said Thursday, "I dont think its for me to say whether the conversation I had with the president was an effort to obstruct."

"I took it as a very disturbing thing, very concerning, but thats a conclusion Im sure the special counsel will work towards to find out the intention and whether thats an offense,"Comey added.

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