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President Donald Trump erupted when pressed on Saudi Arabia ties and Jeffrey Epstein connections, accusing ABC of "fake news" in a tense Oval Office moment.
Trump called for ABC's license to be revoked as he snapped at a reporter who asked why he doesn't order the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
A day after President Donald Trump blew up at ABC News correspondent Mary Bruce and called for the network to lose its broadcast license, the White House amped up its attacks, sending out a press release on claiming that the network is “a Democrat spin operation masquerading as a broadcast network.”
"I think the license should be taken away from ABC," Trump told an ABC reporter. "Because your news is so fake, and it's so wrong."
President Donald Trump berated an ABC reporter Tuesday after she asked a question about the release of the Epstein files, calling her "a terrible person and a terrible reporter" and threatening to have the FCC look into revoking the network's license.
Years before ABC's Mary Bruce pressed President Donald Trump on the Epstein files, the Disney network was accused of burying the scandal that linked to Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew.
During her briefing on Thursday, Nov. 20, Leavitt was asked about the incident, which occurred aboard Air Force One on Friday, Nov. 14. Trump was speaking to a gaggle of reporters when he was asked by Bloomberg correspondent Catherine Lucey about the Epstein files.
According to the report, no decisions had been made and any adjustments would not occur until early next year.
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Late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel used President Donald Trump’s own words against him — “quiet, piggy.” Kimmel spent part of