NYT: We Gave Trump Five Days To Respond To Our Report

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The New York Times on Wednesday pushed back on President Donald Trump’s accusation that their journalists didn’t contact him to verify their bombshell report about his Cohen investigation interference.

“The White House was given 5 days to respond to the details of our investigation,” the Times’ PR accounted tweeted in response. “The Times followed up multiple times but no response was given on the record until the President addressed the story after its publication.”

Trump had furiously tweeted that “stories are written that have no basis in fact” and that “writers don’t even call asking for verification.”

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  1. Trump and the lying scum around him can’t even be honest about if they had been contacted about the story before publication.

  2. So infrastructure week has transitioned to “Flinging Shit at the Wall” month. Cool.

  3. Avatar for luckie luckie says:

    My guess is Trump will say HE wasn’t personally contacted. Remember he said this about Woodward not contacting him - instead Woodward when thru the channel of press secretary and other aides. Trump thinks he is still CEO of a family business and thus everyone should feel like they can contact him night or day.

  4. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    Five days? Well there’s yer problem!

    You should expect Donald Trump to respond very very soon, perhaps in two weeks.

  5. The American people are finally getting tired of the incessant whining.

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