Trump seeks to discredit news report that he sought ally to oversee hush money investigation
President Trump on Wednesday sought to discredit a news report that says he asked his then-acting attorney general, Matthew G. Whitaker, whether he could put an ally in charge of an investigation into hush money paid to women during the 2016 campaign.
“The New York Times reporting is false,” Trump said in a morning tweet. “They are a true ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!”
According to the Times report, Trump called Whitaker shortly after he assumed his post late last year to ask whether Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a perceived loyalist, could be put in charge of an investigation that included Trump’s role in silencing two women who alleged past affairs with him.
Whitaker knew he could not put Berman in charge because Berman had already recused himself from the investigation, the Times reported, citing several officials with direct knowledge of the call between Trump and Whitaker.
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