Michael Wolff: My Year Inside Trump's Insane White House // has tapes of interviews with Bannon & Officials
[quote]Scoop: Wolff taped interviews with Bannon, top officials
[quote]Michael Wolff has tapes to back up quotes in his incendiary book — dozens of hours of them.
[quote]Among the sources he taped, I'm told, are Steve Bannon and former White House deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh.
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[quote]"You Can’t Make This S--- Up": My Year Inside Trump's Insane White House
[quote]Author and columnist Michael Wolff was given extraordinary access to the Trump administration and now details the feuds, the fights and the alarming chaos he witnessed while reporting what turned into a new book.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 34 | January 18, 2018 2:58 AM
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[quote]"You Can’t Make This S--- Up": My Year Inside Trump's Insane White House
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 1 | January 4, 2018 3:04 PM
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[quote]Michael Wolff has tapes to back up quotes in his incendiary book — dozens of hours of them.
[quote]Among the sources he taped, I'm told, are Steve Bannon and former White House deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh.
[quote]So that's going to make it harder for officials to deny embarrassing or revealing quotes attributed to them in "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," out Tuesday.
[quote]In some cases, the officials thought they were talking off the record. But what are they going to do now?
[quote]Although the White House yesterday portrayed Wolff as a poseur, he spent hours at a time in private areas of the West Wing, including the office of Reince Priebus when he was chief of staff.
[quote]The White House says Wolff was cleared for access to the West Wing fewer than 20 times.
[quote]Wolff, a New Yorker, stayed at the Hay Adams Hotel when he came down to D.C., and White House sources frequently crossed Lafayette Park to meet him there.
[quote]Some reporters and officials are calling the book sloppy, and challenging specific passages.
[quote]How could Wolff possibly know for sure what Steve Bannon and the late Roger Ailes said at a private dinner?
[quote]It turns out Wolff hosted the dinner for six at his Manhattan townhouse.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 2 | January 4, 2018 3:37 PM
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Nothing I've read about what's in Wolff's book strikes a wrong note to me.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 4, 2018 4:13 PM
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There doesn't seem to be much re Melania apart from her tears. More Melania.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 4 | January 4, 2018 4:29 PM
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[quote]Nothing I've read about what's in Wolff's book strikes a wrong note to me.
Yes. From Brian Beutler at crooked.com:
Neither Trump, nor Wolff’s critics, have anything to say about the fact—apparent to all—that Wolff’s forthcoming book is sourced to the very same cast of Trump-world liars and moral reprobates whose claims have appeared in the political press every day for over a year. In that time, Trump has raged against unflattering news, true and false, including stories his own confidantes leaked for their own ends to hungry reporters in a kind of mutually destructive parasitism that has left all parties horribly damaged. Wolff’s book brings things to a salacious new peak, but the basic dynamic is the same. The main difference now is that the people getting hurt are the ones who normally run to the press trying to hurt other people.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 4, 2018 4:33 PM
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Trumps lawyers sent a cease and desist order....the publisher will now release the book tomorrow. BWHAHAHAHA !
by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 4, 2018 7:56 PM
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Janice Min of [italic]The Hollywood Reporter[/italic] is vouching for the accuracy of the book.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 7 | January 4, 2018 8:00 PM
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White House staff refers to Ivanka as the "real wife" since Melania is MIA and Hop Hicks is the daughter according to Wolff.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 4, 2018 8:08 PM
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ErikWemple @ErikWemple
On CNN, Atty. Mark Geragos says he has it on 'good authority' that Steve Bannon is considering a defamation suit against President Trump.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | January 4, 2018 8:10 PM
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Mark Geragos......just add to the clown car.......
by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 4, 2018 8:36 PM
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This truly is turning into a reality show.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | January 4, 2018 8:37 PM
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Oh, please, r9, let that be true!
And r1's picture is so funny it hurts.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | January 4, 2018 8:40 PM
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[quote]Donald Trump's small staff of factotums, advisors and family began, on Jan. 20, 2017, an experience that none of them, by any right or logic, thought they would — or, in many cases, should — have, being part of a Trump presidency. Hoping for the best, with their personal futures as well as the country's future depending on it, my indelible impression of talking to them and observing them through much of the first year of his presidency, is that they all — 100 percent — came to believe he was incapable of functioning in his job.
Wow. This guy might be an asshole, and by some accounts (possibly jealous competitive scribblers) he is, but he carries a sharp sword.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | January 4, 2018 8:43 PM
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Wolff has tapes like Trump has tapes. He's a notorious bullshitter. MSNBC was already pulling the book apart revealing one inaccuracy after the next. Wolff writes tabloid junk. He's a Murdoch hack. Wolff and Trump have the same credibility. Read Wolff's Wikipedia page. He's a con artist.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | January 4, 2018 8:47 PM
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r14....Who cares !.....this is getting under Trumps skin and thats a good thing....it keeps him distracted from doing anything....plus he likes to shoot off his mouth in times like these and he always makes things worse by doing so.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | January 4, 2018 8:56 PM
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Nice try, r16. Michael Wolff is working for Bannon and the alt-Right. You're a ducking idiot. We discussed him last year on here. Read his article on Ban on published last year or his defense of Rupert Mudoch or how inaccurate his work is.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 17 | January 4, 2018 9:00 PM
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Nice try, R16. Michael Wolff is working for Bannon and the alt-Right. You're a fucking idiot. We discussed him last year on here. Read his article on Bannon published last year or his defense of Rupert Murdoch or how inaccurate his work is.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 18 | January 4, 2018 9:01 PM
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R18, even so, many are saying that these accounts coincide with information, as well as general sentiment, leaked and/or expressed from past and current White House Staff, employed under Trump’s presidency.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 19 | January 4, 2018 9:08 PM
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Chris Wallace reported that the White House communications staff urged other senior staff to give Wolff access because "they thought this was going to be a positive book for the President."
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 20 | January 4, 2018 10:06 PM
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OP, what's that "//" thingie? Is this a new trend?
by Anonymous | reply 21 | January 4, 2018 10:28 PM
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We haven't seen internecine conflict this much fun since we pitted the Sunnis and Shias against each other.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | January 4, 2018 10:33 PM
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My questions is if Trump didn't want to win, as stated in the book, why would he collude with the Russians?
by Anonymous | reply 23 | January 4, 2018 10:33 PM
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Trump didn't want to lose badly and he was trying get to get into Putins pants to get his brand in Russia and make money in Russia. I think the collusion started to get in with the Russians, but I don't think he expected that the Russians would hand him the victory.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | January 4, 2018 10:45 PM
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Agree, r24. Trump wanted in with Putin for the money, access, and opportunities. Trump Moscow Hotel, e.g.
Putin, however, not being a moron, saw a much bigger opportunity, were Trump to become President: Removal of sanctions; weakened NATO; re-taking of Ukraine; safer money-laundering; and a slavering toady in the White House.
So the "ex" KGB man made as sure as he could that DJT would win.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | January 4, 2018 10:53 PM
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I'm here when you need me!
by Anonymous | reply 28 | January 5, 2018 5:20 AM
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Michael Wolff is indeed an incorrigible liar and a major creep. Gawker used to be after him constantly.
But this book and the explosive reaction is making me very, very happy. A great Christmas present.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | January 6, 2018 4:55 AM
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[quote]OP, what's that "//" thingie? Is this a new trend?
I did that because this thread is a combination of two different articles with two sources linked.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | January 7, 2018 12:48 AM
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I hear this guy's free for casting.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 32 | January 17, 2018 8:16 PM
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According to medical reports, Jabba the Hutt is 6'3 and 239 pounds, so he is a perfect match.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | January 17, 2018 8:18 PM
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All he had to do is stroke Trump's ego with a fake working title and he got full access: "The Great Transition: The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration".
by Anonymous | reply 34 | January 18, 2018 2:58 AM
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