Overview
- During an Oval Office exchange with ABC’s Mary Bruce, the president called ABC a “crappy company” and urged FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to examine pulling the network’s broadcast license.
- The House passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in a near-unanimous vote reported as 427-1, directing the Justice Department to release unclassified records, with Senate action and potential redactions still ahead.
- White House video confirms that on Nov. 14 he pointed at a reporter and said, “Quiet, piggy,” with multiple outlets identifying the journalist as Bloomberg’s Catherine Lucey.
- A White House official defended his Air Force One remark as a response to “inappropriate and unprofessional” behavior, offering no evidence to substantiate the claim.
- He has denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein, cast the controversy as a partisan “hoax,” and redirected attention to figures such as Bill Clinton, Larry Summers and Reid Hoffman, drawing rebukes from journalists including CNN’s Jake Tapper.