{"id":17523,"date":"2025-10-15T22:18:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=17523"},"modified":"2025-10-15T22:18:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T22:18:27","slug":"trump-refuses-to-take-question-from-abc-reporter-citing-vance-interview-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=17523","title":{"rendered":"Trump Refuses to Take Question From ABC Reporter, Citing Vance Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container fullwidth-featured-area-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trump-Vance.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trump-Vance.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trump-Vance-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trump-Vance-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trump-Vance-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Trump-Vance-1536x826.jpg 1536w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"860\" data-main-img=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"single-caption-text\">\u00a0Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"site-content container\">\n<div id=\"main-content-row\" class=\"tie-row main-content-row\">\n<div class=\"main-content tie-col-md-8 tie-col-xs-12\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"the-post\" class=\"container-wrapper post-content tie-standard\">\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>This article may contain commentary<br \/>\nwhich reflects the author&#8217;s opinion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline large ns-no-print\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons-wrapper ns-align-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump refused to take a question from an ABC News reporter at a White House event Tuesday, denouncing the network as \u201cfake news\u201d in response to a recent interview between ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos and Vice President JD Vance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\">\n<div id=\"e1c09a52-67a1-44a3-a58e-fc2bf67380c6\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAfter what you did with Stephanopoulos and the vice president of the United States, I don\u2019t take questions from ABC fake news,\u201d Trump said when an ABC correspondent attempted to ask a question during a joint press event with Argentine President Javier Milei.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re ABC fake news. Brian, go ahead,\u201d Trump added, calling on a different reporter instead.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred just two days after a contentious exchange between Stephanopoulos and Vance on This Week, ABC\u2019s Sunday political affairs program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p>The anchor repeatedly pressed the vice president about an alleged $50,000 bribe involving former Border Czar Tom Homan, an issue first reported by MSNBC last month.<\/p>\n<p>According to that report, FBI surveillance audio recorded in September 2024 appeared to capture Homan accepting $50,000 in cash from undercover agents posing as business executives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"as5808\" data-title=\"You Might Also Like\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The agents claimed they were promised help securing government contracts if Trump won re-election.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice ultimately declined to bring charges, and FBI Director Kash Patel closed the investigation earlier this year, citing \u201cinsufficient evidence of wrongdoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1978166112614298061&amp;lang=en&amp;maxWidth=560px&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Ftrump-refuses-95936%2F&amp;sessionId=29772d9127c0b933eb0d22acce307316caf1dc5f&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1978166112614298061\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Stephanopoulos asked Vance several times whether Homan had returned the money or kept it. Vance denied that Homan had taken a bribe, calling the report a \u201cleft-wing rabbit hole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sure that in the course of Tom Homan\u2019s life he has been paid more than $50,000 for services,\u201d Vance said. \u201cThe question is, did he do something illegal? And there is absolutely no evidence that Tom Homan has ever taken a bribe or done anything illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephanopoulos ended the interview after when Vance pushed back while claiming, \u201cIt\u2019s not a weird left-wing rabbit hole. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50,000 as was heard on an audiotape recorded by the FBI \u2026 and you did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1977369179356352826&amp;lang=en&amp;maxWidth=560px&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fconservativebrief.com%2Ftrump-refuses-95936%2F&amp;sessionId=29772d9127c0b933eb0d22acce307316caf1dc5f&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1977369179356352826\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The exchange sparked heated reactions online and across political circles. Critics said Vance sidestepped a legitimate question, while allies accused Stephanopoulos of political bias.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-12\">\n<div data-delay=\"4000\" data-block=\"12\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the White House on Tuesday, Trump used the interview as a new flashpoint in his ongoing feud with ABC News, which dates back to his first term. The president has long criticized Stephanopoulos personally \u2014 often referring to him derisively as \u201cSlopadopolus\u201d \u2014 and accused the network of unfair coverage of his administration.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Trump sued ABC News and Stephanopoulos for defamation after the anchor stated on air that Trump had been found liable for \u201craping\u201d writer E. Jean Carroll. The former president was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation, but not rape, in a civil case. ABC settled the lawsuit for $15 million and issued a public apology earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Since returning to office in January, Trump has significantly reduced traditional media access at the White House. Reporters from major outlets, including ABC, CNN, and The New York Times, are often skipped during press events, while conservative commentators and independent digital journalists have been granted expanded seating and questioning privileges.<\/p>\n<p>Vance later addressed the controversy on X, accusing Stephanopoulos of focusing on \u201ca fake scandal involving Tom Homan\u201d rather than on what he called \u201creal issues\u201d such as the government shutdown and foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe media are obsessed with made-up Fake News,\u201d Vance wrote, reposting a message from the White House\u2019s rapid-response account that referred to the ABC anchor as \u201cGeorge Slopidopolous.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Getty Images This article may contain commentary which reflects the author&#8217;s opinion. 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