Overview
- During a Club Random podcast conversation, Lara Trump questioned whether Donald Trump called a reporter “piggy,” and Bill Maher replied that he had seen the exchange on tape.
- The remark was directed earlier this month at Bloomberg White House correspondent Catherine Lucey during an Air Force One gaggle after she asked about Jeffrey Epstein–related records.
- A White House official previously told The Independent that the reporter acted in an inappropriate and unprofessional way toward colleagues on the plane.
- Bloomberg defended its White House team, saying its journalists ask necessary questions without fear or favor and that it remains focused on fair, accurate reporting.
- The exchange came as Congress pressed for disclosure of Epstein investigation files and Trump, after initial opposition, signed bipartisan legislation directing the Justice Department to release them.