New book claims someone at Fox News had Trump’s team look into town hall questions early on

WASHINGTON – Someone within Fox News has given President Donald Trump’s campaign questions the president will face ahead of a town hall produced by the network in January 2024, according to an excerpt reported by CNN. This is the claim made in a soon to be published book.

The allegations appear in “Revenge: Inside the Trump Return,” by Politico reporter Alex Eisenstadt, scheduled to be published in March.

Eisenstadt reports that about 30 minutes before a town hall was scheduled to begin in Iowa, “senior Trump aides began receiving text messages from Fox insiders…that were sent to Trump. It is a picture of all the questions that will be asked and we plan to follow up on the exact wording.”

“Although there is no evidence that this is happening and Alex Eisenstadt has conveniently refused to release images for fact-checking, we take these matters very seriously. “We will investigate any breaches we discover within our network,” Fox said. A news spokesperson said.

Whether Trump’s team should agree to a town hall with Fox News hosts Bret Baier and Martha McCollum, and whether Trump is ‘not serious about preparing for a TV broadcast’ Opinions were divided. He was basically going to promote it. ”

The list of questions indicated that the anchors planned to ask President Trump if he would exit the business if he won and whether the indictment would make him a dangerous Republican candidate, the publication said. There is. Trump will also be forced to “deny political violence” and whether the White House will “focus on retaliation.”

Trump was not happy with the questions, but the early peak in questions gave his team a chance to discuss answers, Eisenstadt said.

Asking presidential candidates advance questions would violate journalistic ethics. Networks that host events such as debates and town halls typically restrict access to scheduled questions and go to great lengths to prevent leaks.

President Trump’s communications director, Stephen Chan, did not address the allegations. “President Trump is the most approachable and transparent candidate in American history, and that’s a big reason why he won in historic fashion,” Chan said.

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