Trump Lawyer Says Radio Host Lied About Interview
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A radio interview with Donald Trump that the host said was limited to non-policy questions never took place, says the Trump camp.
A lawyer for the Trump campaign disputes radio host Steve McCoy’s account, telling BuzzFeed News that Trump did not do an interview with the Georgia radio host this week. The lawyer, Donald McGahn, says McCoy admitted to him the interview took place a year ago.
Hope Hicks, a spokeswoman for the Trump campaign slammed McCoy at length in a statement to BuzzFeed News.
“This interview did not take place,” Hicks said. “It is a fraud and/or a spoof. The Trump campaign has never communicated with this man. He said Mr. Trump spoke to him yesterday prior to the debate, Mr. Trump never spoke to him yesterday or any day before that. The radio host admitted it was a fraud to our attorney, apologized and he is now hiding and not returning anyone’s call. This is representative of the dishonesty Mr. Trump faces from the media.”
McCoy, who confirmed to BuzzFeed News Tuesday evening in a phone call that the interview took place this week, has not returned a request by phone and email for clarification on the campaign’s claims.
Earlier:
A radio interviewer was told he could not ask The Donald any policy questions.
Atlanta radio host Steve McCoy, who hosts News Radio 106.7 Morning Show with Steve McCoy and Cheryl White, said on his radio program on Tuesday and confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the Trump campaign wouldn’t let him ask about specific policies during a brief interview.
“They said they wouldn’t take questions about his policy because his policies, they weren’t set in stone,” McCoy told BuzzFeed News.
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Before his interview with Trump aired, McCoy said on his program the Trump campaign restricted the interview to non-policy questions and reserved the right to nix any questions they didn’t like.
“It came with some restrictions: I couldn’t ask anything about his current policies,” McCoy said. “And they had the right to x out any questions that I did ask and we got through about three minutes of it.”
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