WaPo: Trump Aides Appear On Fox News Show To Influence President’s Thinking

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2015, file photo, Jeanine Pirro attends the HBO Documentary Series premiere of "THE JINX: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst," in New York. Durst’s re-emergence, in the HBO series and a new... FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2015, file photo, Jeanine Pirro attends the HBO Documentary Series premiere of "THE JINX: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst," in New York. Durst’s re-emergence, in the HBO series and a new murder charge, has brightened the spotlight on Pirro, a former prosecutor who has been on his trail for 15 years. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump’s aides use Fox News host Jeanine Pirro’s show, “Justice with Judge Jeanine,” to catch Trump’s attention and mold his views through his preferred medium, according to a Thursday Washington Post report.

They also reportedly make appearances to prevent the President from calling in himself, as he did in late February“Someone has to be on the show every week,” an unnamed official told the Washington Post.“He will listen more when it is on TV,” added an unnamed senior official about pitching policy to the President.

Despite their aversion to extended conversations with the press, both Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have recently sat down for on-the-record conversations with Pirro, a longtime ally, to promote her new book on the Trump administration.

Pirro’s new book is called “Liars, Leakers and Liberals: The Case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy” and will come out in June, according to the Washington Post.

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  1. Gee, guess it ain’t real if it ain’t on the teevee…

  2. If TV is a vast wasteland, then FUX News is the post-apocalyptic netherworld being flooded by the River Styx in the condemned sub-basement of Dante’s Hell.

  3. “Trump Aides Appear On Fox News Show To Influence President’s Thinking.”

    “Hello, Mr. Murdoch? I have a ‘Tom Steyer’ on the line, to talk with you about some paid programming ideas…”

  4. Does this chore come with combat pay? Pain killers? Ear plugs and blinders? Comp time at time and a half, at the least?

  5. You just know that if one of the current SCOTUS Judges dies, Trump is guaranteed to nominate Jeanine Pirro for the position.

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