Overview
- Aboard Air Force One on Nov. 14, Trump cut off Bloomberg’s Catherine Lucey and said, “Quiet. Quiet, piggy,” when she pressed him on the Epstein files, according to White House video.
- During Tuesday’s Oval Office event with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Trump told ABC’s Mary Bruce she was “a terrible person and a terrible reporter” and ended her questioning.
- Trump urged FCC commissioner Brendan Carr to “look at” ABC’s broadcast license after denouncing the network as “fake news.”
- The White House defended Trump’s “piggy” remark, calling Lucey’s conduct “inappropriate and unprofessional” and saying, “If you’re going to give it, you have to be able to take it.”
- The House voted 427–1 and the Senate passed unanimously to require the Justice Department to disclose Epstein-related records, sending the measure to the president.