New York Times reporter and author Maggie Haberman’s upcoming book revealed a tidbit this past week claiming that former President Donald Trump flushed documents down the White House toilet and frequently clogged the pipes.
However, Trump called into Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” where he debunked the claim in the upcoming book “Confidence Man.” The former president stated that this information is a figment of Haberman’s creative imagination.
“Yeah, it’s fake news, and she’s a fake writer,” Trump said, per TheWrap. “It’s a totally false story. She made it up; I don’t believe they have sources. Who is going to be a source for that anyway?”
“Who would know that? There is no source. They make it up. You know, they oftentimes, these fake writers like her, they act like they know me like she knows me.”
Haberman’s upcoming book stated that White House staff occasionally found chunks of paper clogging a toilet. Those scraps of paper are considered to be official documents that Trump had flushed. Nonetheless, Trump further denied this claim.
“I haven’t spoken to her in a very, very long time. She knows me no better than any other writer. They write books like they know, and then they make things like that up,” Trump said.
“There would be no way of her knowing if it were the fact. There would be no way of her understanding that or knowing it. But it’s a totally fake story made up by her, as much of the news is.”
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
