Fuck off CNN :aktion033....2:37 Mark
Love the way he controls these scumbag media bastards.....They been fucking with him since the primaries
Love it when those people clapped.....People are not stupid anymore.....This fake news is really old.
That`s why he won the election.....People don`t listen to that shit anymore.....But the media never gives up....Sad!
That`s why he won the election.....People don`t listen to that shit anymore.....But the media never gives up....Sad!
[h=1]Donald Trump says he was NEVER briefed on fake dirty dossier and NEVER shown it by intelligence chiefs and ridicules its claim he was taped with Moscow hookers by confessing he's a 'germophobe'[/h]
PUBLISHED: 15:43, 11 January 2017 | UPDATED: 19:03, 11 January 2017
- President-elect Donald Trump held his first press conference in 167 days on Wednesday – the first since his electoral win
- Spoke after the release of report that top intelligence officials were presented with information that Russia may have gained compromising information on him
- Went on offense immediately and called report fake - and slammed those who published it first
- Also suggested it could have been leak from intelligence agents and called it 'disgrace' -'that's something Nazi Germany would have done'
- Addressed allegation that he had prostitutes commit degrading sex acts on bed used by Obama saying: 'I'm, also very much of a germophobe'
- Earlier Wednesday, Senator John McCain acknowledged passing dirt documents on Trump to the FBI after receiving them
- He says he won't be releasing his tax returns because 'no one cares' and they're under audit
- Says he is turning over 'complete and total control' of his business to sons Don Jr. and Eric
PUBLISHED: 15:43, 11 January 2017 | UPDATED: 19:03, 11 January 2017
Donald Trump furiously denied he was ever briefed on a dossier of claims passed to intelligence chiefs that he was secretly taped watching degrading sex acts by prostitutes in Moscow.
He said he was never shown or told about the claims - published in full by Buzzfeed after a report by CNN - when he met intelligence chiefs last week.
'Does anyone believe that story? I'm also very much of a germophobe by the way,' he said at a press conference in New York.
He stared down the assembled media for the first time since he won the election Wednesday and opened with a blistering attack on the press and the intelligence community after the release of an unproven dirt dossier on him.
'It's all fake news. It's phony stuff. It didn't happen. And it was gotten by opponents of ours,' Trump said.
'Sick people – and they put that c**p together.'
Later, in a departure from his usual rhetoric, he said of election hacking: 'I think it was Russian.'
He said he was never shown or told about the claims - published in full by Buzzfeed after a report by CNN - when he met intelligence chiefs last week.
'Does anyone believe that story? I'm also very much of a germophobe by the way,' he said at a press conference in New York.
He stared down the assembled media for the first time since he won the election Wednesday and opened with a blistering attack on the press and the intelligence community after the release of an unproven dirt dossier on him.
'It's all fake news. It's phony stuff. It didn't happen. And it was gotten by opponents of ours,' Trump said.
'Sick people – and they put that c**p together.'
Later, in a departure from his usual rhetoric, he said of election hacking: 'I think it was Russian.'
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President-elect Donald Trump blasted 'phony stuff' contained in a dirt dossier against him that was released and blasted whoever leaked it – mentioning the intelligence agencies
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Attack: Trump warned that is was possible intelligence agencies had leaked the claims against him and said it would be 'a tremendous blot on their record if they did that.'
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The crooked media: Trump took questions from the press in two separate appearances on stage during the conference - but refused to answer questions from 'fake news' outlet Buzzfeed who were behind the publication of the full Russian dossier
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Trump also refused to call on CNN's Jim Acosta at the conference after the outlet broke the news on the prostitute allegations before Buzzfeed published the entire document
As soon as he took the stage, Trump opened up an attack on a flurry of salacious and unproven claims about compromising information Russia may hold over him.
He blasted those who published it, but in a twist, complimented outlets which stayed away from the claims.
'They looked at that nonsense that was released by maybe the intelligence agencies,' Trump said, referencing a dirt dossier against him.
'Who knows, it may be the intelligence agencies – which would be a tremendous blot of their record if they did that,' Trump said, in just his latest shot at the intelligence community.
'A thing like that should have never been written … and it certainly should never have been released,' Trump continued.
Then he hailed 'a couple' of news agencies who did not publish the dirt - an apparent reference to the New York Times and the Washington Post which had both said they were given the material but were unable to verify it.
'And they came out so strongly against that fake news and the fact that it was written about primarily by one group and one television station,' he said, conflating reports by BuzzFeed, which released the dossier, and CNN, which reported that intelligence officials had provided a summary of information in a secret briefing.
Trump also addressed head-on – and rejected – claims that Russia had gained material with which it could blackmail him from the presidential suite of the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Moscow.
He said he constantly advises aides when traveling abroad to be mindful of potential snooping.
'I told many people, be careful because you don't want to see yourself on television – cameras all over the place.'
'When I leave our country I'm a very high-profile person, would you say?'
Trump said he is 'extremely careful.'
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A family affair: Trump was joined by his three eldest children - Eric, Don Jr and Ivanka
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He announced that Ivanka had relinquished all ties with his companies to join him in Washington, while his two sons will have full control of the business
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The Trump children watched from the wings - alongside vice president-elect Mike Pence - as their father delivered his first press conference since winning the election
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Degrading acts in bed used by president: The extraordinary - and entirely unverified - allegations that Donald Trump ordered prostitutes to commit degrading sex acts in the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow are contained in a dossier drawn up by a former British spy
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Part of the document is seen above. Click here to see the full document first published by Buzzfeed
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Dealings: The dossier apparently includes claims about Trump's financial dealings with Moscow. In 2013 he held his Miss Universe contest in the Russian capital
'I'm surrounded by bodyguards. I'm surrounded by people. I always tell them if I'm leaving this country, be very careful.'
Speaking specifically to the hotel story described in the dirt dossier as a perverted act, Trump said: 'Does anyone really believe that story? I'm also very much of a germophobe, by the way. Believe me.'
Trump was asked if, like President Obama, he believes the U.S. should punish Russia for what the intelligence community has concluded was its interference in the U.S. elections.
He answered instead with a defense of the benefit of strong U.S.-relations with Russia.
'If Putin likes Donald Trump, I consider that an asset, not a liability,' Trump said.
[h=3]KREMLIN DENIES MEMO CLAIMS[/h]Russia has denied allegations that the Kremlin collected compromising information about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, dismissed news reports as a 'complete fabrication and utter nonsense.'
He insisted that the Kremlin 'does not engage in collecting compromising material'.
He added: 'There are those who pump up such a tantrum and do their best to maintain a 'witch hunt', and by the way this is how president-elect Trump characterised this fake.
'And why is the continuation of this hysterical state needed? To force our relationship to stay degraded.
'It is a complete fake - not worth the paper it was written on.'
The memo also states that Peskov 'controlled' another dossier containing compromising material on Hillary Clinton compiled over 'many years'.
But Peskov denied there was any such material.
'This was absolutely fabricated, this is total nonsense. This is what is called 'pulp fiction'.'
This morning, the Russian state-run media has blasted 'troubling' suggestions the FBI should be investigating Donald Trump over some of the claims in the document.
News outlet Sputnik warned its readers: 'The fact that multiple media outlets practically simultaneously decided to publish these reports despite admitting their erroneous character is telling by itself.
'However, allegedly the FBI has been in the possession of these memos for some time too.'
Sputnik also highlighted a report on the Wikileaks whistleblowing website which claimed as unreliable media reports of Russian agents having kompromat on Trump.
'35 page PDF published by Buzzfeed on Trump is not an intelligence report. Style, facts & dates show no credibility,' WikiLeaks said on Twitter.
Meanwhile a former head of Vladimir Putin's security service has denied that the FSB snooped on Donald Trump and collected compromising material on him when he was in Moscow.
Nikolay Kovalyov claimed: 'Of course, there is no kompromat.'
Commenting on the press reports that 'kompromat' on Trump was gathered since the times when Trump came to Moscow as organiser the Miss Universe pageant in 2013, he said: 'To gather compromising materials about a man who came to hold a beauty contest - who would be interested in it?
'You can rely on my experience. This is not our routine here in Russia.'
Kovalyov is now a Russian MP for Putin's United Russia party. He was head of the FSB from 1996-98 and was replaced in the position by Putin, who used the position as the launch pad to his political career.
'The feeling is that (Barack) Obama's administration has put all its efforts on compromising the winner of the presidential race, and they believe that in this fight all means are worth it,' said Kovayov.
'They have got enough compromising materials in their motherland, let them sort it themselves there.
'It is not correct to drag Russia into their political fight.'
'Guess what folks, that's called an asset, not a liability.'
Returning to the dossier, he once again fingered the intelligence agencies as the leakers, calling it 'disgraceful.'
'That's something that Nazi Germany would have done and did do,' Trump said.
He called it 'a disgrace that information that was false and fake and never happened got released to the public.'
He added: 'I think it's pretty sad when intelligence reports get leaked out to the press. First of all, it's illegal. These are classified and certified meetings and reports.'
Then he told a story of an extraordinary sting operation he says he conducted on the nation's top spooks.
'I'll tell you what does happen. I have many meetings with intelligence. And every time I meet, people are reading about it.
Somebody's leaking them out,' Trump said, after inveighing against leaks.
'So I said maybe it's my office. Maybe my office. Because I've got a lot of people … Maybe it's them?'
'What I did, is I said I won't tell anyone. I'm going to have a meeting, and I won't tell anybody about my meeting with intelligence,' Trump continued.
'Nobody knew – not even Rhoda, my executive assistant for years. She didn't know – I didn't' tell her. Nobody knew.'
Having set the trap, Trump says the word leaked anyway
'The meeting was held. They left, and immediately the word got out that I had a meeting. So, I don't want that. It's very unfair to the country. It's very unfair to our country what's happening,' he said.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence said the reports 'can only be attributed to media bias – an attempt to demean the president-elect and our incoming administration.'
With just nine days before his swearing-in, Trump prepared to take on the 'dishonest' media he frequently castigates – amid months of pent-up questions about his governing plans, his cabinet, and his vast business holdings.
Trump unloaded Wednesday morning on media reports that to intelligence officials had provided a two-page summary of information of claims that the Russians might have compromising information on Trump during a classified security briefing with him.
A dossier of the dirt itself was subsequently published by Buzzfeed, which noted that it had not verified its contents.
'Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA - NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!' Trump tweeted Wednesday morning.
'Russia just said the unverified report paid for by political opponents is 'A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FABRICATION, UTTER NONSENSE.' Very unfair!' he tweeted shortly thereafter.
Trump's presser was set to begin just hours after Arizona senator and Trump critic John McCain admitted passing the dossier of claims of a Russian blackmail to the head of the FBI.
'Late last year, I received sensitive information that has since been made public,' McCain said in a statement. 'Upon examination of the contents, and unable to make a judgment about their accuracy, I delivered the information to the Director of the FBI.'
'That has been the extent of my contact with the FBI or any other government agency regarding this issue,' Trump said.
In other breaking news, Trump's secretary of state pick, Rex Tillerson, said in congressional testimony that 'Russia today poses a danger.'
'Our NATO allies are right to be alarmed at a resurgent Russia,' he added. Trump has repeatedly called for better U.S. ties with Russia.
Reporters were also preparing to grill Trump about efforts to disentangle himself from his business. As late as 20 minutes before his news conference was to begin, Trump's transition had provided no written materials or explanation of how he would deal with his business interests.
Trump has said he would step back from his business but hasn't previously outlined how. Trump's transition has revealed that Ivanka Trump's husband, Jared Kushner, will joint he administration as a counselor to the president.
Ivanka Trump has said she is selling her own shares in the Trump organization, and has rented a house in Washington.
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SHINE A LIGHT: A Trump Tower employee polishes the brass on a velvet rope in preparation for a press conference by President-elect Donald Trump in the lobby of Trump Tower
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Trump scheduled his press conference on the same day controversial State Department nominee Rex Tillerson faced a confirmation hearing
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Trump battled media reports on Twitter, noting that the Kremlin called the a 'total fabrication'
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Trump tweeted that he has 'nothing to do with Russia'
The president-elect has said his two adult sons, Don Jr. and Eric Trump, will take charge of the organization. Trump has cancelled a handful of international deals, but still controls 500 companies that could present conflicts of interest.
Among those businesses getting scrutiny is Trump's luxury hotel in Washington, which opened for business in October.
Ethics experts have said if Trump accepts payment or gifts from a foreign power through his business, it would violate the Constitution's emoluments clause, which prohibits any gifts.
Trump's last press conference was July 27, when he took heat for what he later said was a joke when he invited Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails.
[h=3]Dirty dossier of unverifiable sleaze[/h]Lurid sex claims
The report states that in 2013 Trump hired prostitutes to urinate on the bed of the Presidential Suite at the Moscow Ritz Carlton, where he knew Barack and Michelle Obama had previously stayed.
It says: 'Trump's unorthodox behavior in Russia over the years had provided the authorities there with enough embarrassing material on the now Republican presidential candidate to be able to blackmail him if they so wished.'
Property 'sweeteners'
The document states that Trump had declined 'sweetener' real estate deals in Russia that the Kremlin lined up in order to cultivate him.
The business proposals were said to be 'in relation to the ongoing 2018 World Cup soccer tournament'.
Russia 'cultivated' Trump for five years
The dossier claimed that the Russian regime had been 'cultivating, supporting and assisting Trump for at least five years'.
According to the document, one source even claimed that 'the Trump operation was both supported and directed by Russian President Vladimir Putin' with the aim being to 'sow discord'.
Putin 'wanted to cause divisions in the West'
The report claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin himself had endorsed moves to encourage 'splits and divisions in the West.
A dossier on Hillary Clinton
At one point the memo suggests Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov 'controlled' another dossier containing compromising material on Hillary Clinton compiled over 'many years'.
Elsewhere in the document, it is claimed that Putin was 'motivated by fear and hatred of Hillary Clinton.'
Clandestine meetings
At one point the memo says there were reports of 'clandestine meetings' between Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen and Kremlin representatives in August last year in Prague.
However, Trump's counsel Michael Cohen today spoke out against allegations that he secretly met with Kremlin officials.
The report states that in 2013 Trump hired prostitutes to urinate on the bed of the Presidential Suite at the Moscow Ritz Carlton, where he knew Barack and Michelle Obama had previously stayed.
It says: 'Trump's unorthodox behavior in Russia over the years had provided the authorities there with enough embarrassing material on the now Republican presidential candidate to be able to blackmail him if they so wished.'
Property 'sweeteners'
The document states that Trump had declined 'sweetener' real estate deals in Russia that the Kremlin lined up in order to cultivate him.
The business proposals were said to be 'in relation to the ongoing 2018 World Cup soccer tournament'.
Russia 'cultivated' Trump for five years
The dossier claimed that the Russian regime had been 'cultivating, supporting and assisting Trump for at least five years'.
According to the document, one source even claimed that 'the Trump operation was both supported and directed by Russian President Vladimir Putin' with the aim being to 'sow discord'.
Putin 'wanted to cause divisions in the West'
The report claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin himself had endorsed moves to encourage 'splits and divisions in the West.
A dossier on Hillary Clinton
At one point the memo suggests Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov 'controlled' another dossier containing compromising material on Hillary Clinton compiled over 'many years'.
Elsewhere in the document, it is claimed that Putin was 'motivated by fear and hatred of Hillary Clinton.'
Clandestine meetings
At one point the memo says there were reports of 'clandestine meetings' between Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen and Kremlin representatives in August last year in Prague.
However, Trump's counsel Michael Cohen today spoke out against allegations that he secretly met with Kremlin officials.
Trump calls Buzzfeed 'a failing pile of garbage' for publishing 'Russian hotel sex blackmail dossier' and refuses to let CNN 'fake news reporter' ask a question at press conference
- Donald Trump went after Buzzfeed and CNN on Wednesday during his first press conference since being elected to office
- 'Buzzfeed is a failing pile of garbage and they're going to suffer the consequences,' said Trump
- That comment came one day after they published a 35-page dossier claiming he was being blackmailed by Russia, who had video of him with prostitutes
- 'I'm not going to give you a question, you are fake news,' Trump told Jim Acosta when he tried to ask a question
- CNN anchor Jake Tapper stood by their original claim that the two-page synopsis they reported on was seen by President Obama and Trump
- Just minutes later however, an official statement from CNN dialed back on that and said that the synopsis had been 'prepared for' Trump
PUBLISHED: 17:28, 11 January 2017 | UPDATED: 19:19, 11 January 2017
Donald Trump unleashed on the two media outlets that first published a dossier on Tuesday that claimed, among other things, that he was being blackmailed by the Russian government after they obtained video of him committing a sex act with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel room.
In his first press conference since being elected, Trump firmly stated that the contents of the dossier were false, before going after CNN and Buzzfeed.
'That fake news was written about primarily by one group and one television station,' said Trump.
CNN reported on a two-page synopsis of the dossier, which Buzzfeed then published it in its entirety.
Trump went after the outlet that published the entire dossier first, saying: 'Buzzfeed is a failing pile of garbage and they're going to suffer the consequences.'
He made that statement after pointing out what he claims is one of the more glaring errors in the dossier, which said his lawyer Michael Cohen had been in Prague in late August or early September to meet with Kremlin officials.
In his first press conference since being elected, Trump firmly stated that the contents of the dossier were false, before going after CNN and Buzzfeed.
'That fake news was written about primarily by one group and one television station,' said Trump.
CNN reported on a two-page synopsis of the dossier, which Buzzfeed then published it in its entirety.
Trump went after the outlet that published the entire dossier first, saying: 'Buzzfeed is a failing pile of garbage and they're going to suffer the consequences.'
He made that statement after pointing out what he claims is one of the more glaring errors in the dossier, which said his lawyer Michael Cohen had been in Prague in late August or early September to meet with Kremlin officials.
After he was done dismissing BuzzFeed, Trump then criticized CNN.
'As far as CNN going out of their way to build it up, it’s a disgrace what took place. It’s a disgrace, and I think they ought to apologize to start,' said Trump.
That prompted Senior White House Correspondent Jim Acosta to begin shouting at Trump in an attempt to ask a question.
'No not you,' said Trump as Acosta yelled out at him, pointing instead to another reporter.
Acosta then started to say that since Trump had demeaned his organization he should be allowed to speak and ask a question.
'Since you’re attacking us, can you give us a question?' asked Acosta.
'Since you are attacking our news organization - can you give us a chance?'
Trump was not having it though, saying to Acosta: 'Not you, you don't get a question. Your organization is terrible.'
He then continued to shut Acosta down, saying: 'Quiet. Don’t be rude. Don’t be rude. No, I’m not going to give you a question. I’m not going to give you a question, you are fake news.'
Shortly after, Trump did take a question from Jeremy Diamond however, who works for CNN.
'As far as CNN going out of their way to build it up, it’s a disgrace what took place. It’s a disgrace, and I think they ought to apologize to start,' said Trump.
That prompted Senior White House Correspondent Jim Acosta to begin shouting at Trump in an attempt to ask a question.
'No not you,' said Trump as Acosta yelled out at him, pointing instead to another reporter.
Acosta then started to say that since Trump had demeaned his organization he should be allowed to speak and ask a question.
'Since you’re attacking us, can you give us a question?' asked Acosta.
'Since you are attacking our news organization - can you give us a chance?'
Trump was not having it though, saying to Acosta: 'Not you, you don't get a question. Your organization is terrible.'
He then continued to shut Acosta down, saying: 'Quiet. Don’t be rude. Don’t be rude. No, I’m not going to give you a question. I’m not going to give you a question, you are fake news.'
Shortly after, Trump did take a question from Jeremy Diamond however, who works for CNN.
Immediately after the press conference, CNN anchor Jake Tapper defended the network's decision to release the parts of the dossier that they did on Tuesday, which totaled just two pages and included nothing of the sex act that has become the most talked about allegation of the report.
He said that the network released the same two-page synopsis that was shown to President Obama and Trump by intelligence officials, and that they had spent several hours waiting to publish the report after asking the president-elect to comment on the information.
That contradicts Trump's claim that he was never briefed on the dossier.
'And when Mr. Trump went after our Jim Acosta and said he is fake news and his isn't going to call on him, what I suspect we are seeing here is an attempt to decredit legitimate, responsible attempts to report on this incoming administration,' said Tapper.
'And the media, going forward, should keep that in mind.'
Taper then called the decision by Buzzfeed to publish the entire 35-page dossier, which was almost entirely unverified, 'irresponsible journalism that hurts us all.' He also said he could understand why Trump was upset with the website.
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Distance: CNN anchor Jake Tapper (left with Wolf Blitzer) later said Buzzfeed's decision to publish the entire dossier largely unverified was 'irresponsible journalism that hurts us all'
Initial story: CNN said in their original report that the two-page synopsis had been 'presented' to Trump last week (above)
Change: In their statement released soon after, CNN said that the documents were 'prepared' for Trump, not 'presented'
A CNN statement released minutes later however completely contradicted what Tapper had said on the air just moments prior.
[h=3]CNN STATEMENT[/h]CNN's decision to publish carefully sourced reporting about the operations of our government is vastly different than Buzzfeed's decision to publish unsubstantiated memos. The Trump team knows this. They are using Buzzfeed's decision to deflect from CNN's reporting, which has been matched by the other major news organizations.
We are fully confident in our reporting. It represents the core of what the First Amendment protects, informing the people of the inner workings of their government; in this case, briefing materials prepared for President Obama and President-elect Trump last week.
We made it clear that we were not publishing any of the details of the 35-page document because we have not corroborated the report's allegations. Given that members of the Trump transition team have so vocally criticized our reporting, we encourage them to identify, specifically, what they believe to be inaccurate.
'We are fully confident in our reporting. It represents the core of what the First Amendment protects, informing the people of the inner workings of their government; in this case, briefing materials prepared for President Obama and President-elect Trump last week,' read the statement.
Both the original report and Tapper had stated very clearly that the documents were seen by Trump, not 'prepared for.'
Tapper later had Acosta on to speak about what happened at the press conference after Trump refused to let him ask his question.
Acsota said that the question he had planned to ask was later posed to Trump by ABC News reporter Cecilia Vega, who asked if anyone in the campaign had at any point been in contact with Russia.
'He said, no, that nobody associated with him or his campaign was in contact with the Russians during the context of that campaign,' reported Acosta.
He then revealed that after he began yelling at Trump, newly appointed press secretary Sean Spicer came over and told him if he said one more thing he would be removed from the press conference.
Multiple reporters in attendance seemed to confirm that, reporting on social media that Spicer could be seen angrily pointing at Acosta at the end of event.
That threat came just one month after Spicer appeared on The Kelly File and told Megyn Kelly that Trump would not kick reporters out of press conferences or have them removed from briefings.
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Taking aim: Trump's newly-appointed press secretary Sean Spicer (above at podium with Mike Pence) also went after Buzzfeed on Wednesday
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Angry trump: BuzzFeed founder and chief executive Jonah Peretti previously angered many in the Trump camp with a tweet about Ivanka he posted in October (above)
Spicer also took aim at Buzzfeed before his boss came out to speak on Wednesday, saying: 'It's frankly outrageous and highly irresponsible for a left-wing blog that was highly hostile to the president-elect's campaign to drop highly salacious and flat-out false information on the Internet just days before he takes the oath of office.'
He went on to call the decision a 'pathetic move to get clicks' before adding: 'For all the talk of fake news, this political witch hunt by some in the media is based on some of the most flimsy reporting that's frankly shameful and disgraceful.'
BuzzFeed founder and chief executive Jonah Peretti previously angered many in the Trump camp, especially Ivanka, when he tweeted about the president-elect's oldest daughter just before the election.
After Ivanka said in an interview she was not a fan of foul language while discussing the tape of Trump in which he spoke of grabbing women by the p****,' Peretti wrote on Twitter: 'Surprised Ivanka would be shocked by lewd language. I met her once & she casually said: "I've never seen a mulatto c***, but I'd like to!"'
He later said that she made the comment close to a decade prior while they were at a Manhattan dive bar, and two others who were present confirmed Peretti's claim.
Ivanka meanwhile released a statement soon after, saying: 'I am not sure if this was meant to be a joke, but in case there is any ambiguity, this is a complete and total lie.'
Buzfeed released no statement after Trump's attack on Wednesday, but Michael Calderone of Huffington Post wrote on Twitter that he had spoken with the site's editor-in-chief Ben Smith who said thy were 'not going to participate in an attempt to divide the media against each other.'
Smith also said that he stands 'by the decision to publish a newsworthy document' Calderone wrote on Twitter.
On Tuesday evening, Smith posted the email he sent to Buzzfeed staff when they published the document.
'Our presumption is to be transparent in our journalism and share what we have with our readers,' wrote Smith.
'We have always erred on the side of publishing.'
He wrote further along in the email however that 'there is serious reason to doubt the allegations,' and informed the staff that they had been chasing some of the claims for weeks.
He closed by writing that 'publishing this dossier is how we see the job of reporters in 2017.'
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He said that the network released the same two-page synopsis that was shown to President Obama and Trump by intelligence officials, and that they had spent several hours waiting to publish the report after asking the president-elect to comment on the information.
That contradicts Trump's claim that he was never briefed on the dossier.
'And when Mr. Trump went after our Jim Acosta and said he is fake news and his isn't going to call on him, what I suspect we are seeing here is an attempt to decredit legitimate, responsible attempts to report on this incoming administration,' said Tapper.
'And the media, going forward, should keep that in mind.'
Taper then called the decision by Buzzfeed to publish the entire 35-page dossier, which was almost entirely unverified, 'irresponsible journalism that hurts us all.' He also said he could understand why Trump was upset with the website.
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Distance: CNN anchor Jake Tapper (left with Wolf Blitzer) later said Buzzfeed's decision to publish the entire dossier largely unverified was 'irresponsible journalism that hurts us all'
Initial story: CNN said in their original report that the two-page synopsis had been 'presented' to Trump last week (above)
Change: In their statement released soon after, CNN said that the documents were 'prepared' for Trump, not 'presented'
A CNN statement released minutes later however completely contradicted what Tapper had said on the air just moments prior.
[h=3]CNN STATEMENT[/h]CNN's decision to publish carefully sourced reporting about the operations of our government is vastly different than Buzzfeed's decision to publish unsubstantiated memos. The Trump team knows this. They are using Buzzfeed's decision to deflect from CNN's reporting, which has been matched by the other major news organizations.
We are fully confident in our reporting. It represents the core of what the First Amendment protects, informing the people of the inner workings of their government; in this case, briefing materials prepared for President Obama and President-elect Trump last week.
We made it clear that we were not publishing any of the details of the 35-page document because we have not corroborated the report's allegations. Given that members of the Trump transition team have so vocally criticized our reporting, we encourage them to identify, specifically, what they believe to be inaccurate.
'We are fully confident in our reporting. It represents the core of what the First Amendment protects, informing the people of the inner workings of their government; in this case, briefing materials prepared for President Obama and President-elect Trump last week,' read the statement.
Both the original report and Tapper had stated very clearly that the documents were seen by Trump, not 'prepared for.'
Tapper later had Acosta on to speak about what happened at the press conference after Trump refused to let him ask his question.
Acsota said that the question he had planned to ask was later posed to Trump by ABC News reporter Cecilia Vega, who asked if anyone in the campaign had at any point been in contact with Russia.
'He said, no, that nobody associated with him or his campaign was in contact with the Russians during the context of that campaign,' reported Acosta.
He then revealed that after he began yelling at Trump, newly appointed press secretary Sean Spicer came over and told him if he said one more thing he would be removed from the press conference.
Multiple reporters in attendance seemed to confirm that, reporting on social media that Spicer could be seen angrily pointing at Acosta at the end of event.
That threat came just one month after Spicer appeared on The Kelly File and told Megyn Kelly that Trump would not kick reporters out of press conferences or have them removed from briefings.
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Taking aim: Trump's newly-appointed press secretary Sean Spicer (above at podium with Mike Pence) also went after Buzzfeed on Wednesday
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Angry trump: BuzzFeed founder and chief executive Jonah Peretti previously angered many in the Trump camp with a tweet about Ivanka he posted in October (above)
Spicer also took aim at Buzzfeed before his boss came out to speak on Wednesday, saying: 'It's frankly outrageous and highly irresponsible for a left-wing blog that was highly hostile to the president-elect's campaign to drop highly salacious and flat-out false information on the Internet just days before he takes the oath of office.'
He went on to call the decision a 'pathetic move to get clicks' before adding: 'For all the talk of fake news, this political witch hunt by some in the media is based on some of the most flimsy reporting that's frankly shameful and disgraceful.'
BuzzFeed founder and chief executive Jonah Peretti previously angered many in the Trump camp, especially Ivanka, when he tweeted about the president-elect's oldest daughter just before the election.
After Ivanka said in an interview she was not a fan of foul language while discussing the tape of Trump in which he spoke of grabbing women by the p****,' Peretti wrote on Twitter: 'Surprised Ivanka would be shocked by lewd language. I met her once & she casually said: "I've never seen a mulatto c***, but I'd like to!"'
He later said that she made the comment close to a decade prior while they were at a Manhattan dive bar, and two others who were present confirmed Peretti's claim.
Ivanka meanwhile released a statement soon after, saying: 'I am not sure if this was meant to be a joke, but in case there is any ambiguity, this is a complete and total lie.'
Buzfeed released no statement after Trump's attack on Wednesday, but Michael Calderone of Huffington Post wrote on Twitter that he had spoken with the site's editor-in-chief Ben Smith who said thy were 'not going to participate in an attempt to divide the media against each other.'
Smith also said that he stands 'by the decision to publish a newsworthy document' Calderone wrote on Twitter.
On Tuesday evening, Smith posted the email he sent to Buzzfeed staff when they published the document.
'Our presumption is to be transparent in our journalism and share what we have with our readers,' wrote Smith.
'We have always erred on the side of publishing.'
He wrote further along in the email however that 'there is serious reason to doubt the allegations,' and informed the staff that they had been chasing some of the claims for weeks.
He closed by writing that 'publishing this dossier is how we see the job of reporters in 2017.'
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