Former Governor: Incident "never happened...someone is out to destroy my
credibility" Following claims made by US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle that he
punched Jesse Ventura for badmouthing US troops during a wake for a
slain soldier in Coronado, California, Ventura has denounced the story
as an outrageous lie, asserting that the event never happened.

Kyle,
who has been the subject of numerous television interviews over the
past few days while he promotes his new book, is a sniper marksmen who
has been made into somewhat of a poster child for US military
involvement in the Middle East following his tales of killing hundreds
of Iraqi insurgents.

Kyle claims that he met Ventura in a bar in
Coronado in 2006 while Ventura was in town to speak to a new class of
SEAL graduates at nearby Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. Also present
were family members holding a wake for Michael Mansoor, one of the first
SEALs killed in Iraq. Kyle claims Ventura began loudly objecting to the
war in Iraq before calling the troops "murderers" and saying "we
deserved to lose a few guys".

Kyle then claims he punched
Ventura, knocked him to the floor, and quickly ran away.

Infowars
today spoke with Tyrel Ventura, Jesse Ventura's son, who related to us
how Ventura is shocked, heartbroken and saddened about how a fellow Navy
SEAL could invent such a hurtful and abhorrent lie.

The event
never happened, Ventura has never met Kyle, and the whole story is a
transparent hoax seemingly designed as an attempt at character
assassination given Ventura's very public recent battles with the
federal government, in particular his fight with the TSA, and his
vehement anti-war stance, Tyrel told us after talking with his father.

Ventura
explained that he has only ever visited the bar in question with groups
of friends, and the notion that the story if true would not have
already become public in the space of over five years is plainly
ludicrous.

Ventura labels the story a total fabrication and is
beyond heartbroken that a fellow service member and Navy SEAL would
invent such outrageous lies designed to defame him and help sell a book.
He adds that it is incredibly vicious to claim at a wake he would
insult the family members of a slain soldier, which is one of the worst
slurs that could be made against anybody, not to mention a former Navy
SEAL like Ventura.

In his Facebook response, Ventura makes
reference to another false claim that had to be retracted about him
supposedly tail gating in California last week, suggesting that there is
an organized effort to "destroy my credibility".

Such actions
may be an effort to pre-empt the possibility that Ventura could enter
the presidential picture as a candidate for the Libertarian Party. Tyrel
Ventura told us that Jesse is completely blown away that the
establishment is now coming after him by way of manufactured hoaxes and
cynical acts of character assassination in a bid to politically
discredit him.

Close friend Alex Jones points out that Ventura
was "veering towards riding off into the sunset for good," but that such
attacks on his character could force the former Governor to re-emerge
as a prominent force on the US political scene. Jones said that the
smear has completely backfired because it will only make Ventura become
more public and be more aggressive in asserting his anti-war,
pro-freedom principles.

Anyone who knows Ventura also knows that
he is a supreme patriot, a proud former SEAL, and would never insult the
family members of a fallen soldier at a wake -- such egregious slurs
are completely inconsistent with Ventura's character, notes Jones.

Ventura
is currently residing at his remote home in the Baja region of Mexico
which is virtually cut off from civilization, but is planning to travel
to the nearest town in order to do a Skype interview with the Alex Jones
Show over the next few days.

His son Tyrel Ventura will appear
on the Alex Jones Show tomorrow to address the hoax. Jesse Ventura is
expected to make further statements on the issue over the course of the
next week. by Paul Joseph Watson