Having read the book, Bernstein said it includes scenes „described in great detail“ that show how „principals, not disgruntled former employees“ view their job in…
Having read the book, Bernstein said it includes scenes „described in great detail“ that show how „principals, not disgruntled former employees“ view their job in the White House as „protecting the country from the President of the United States.“
According to Woodward’s reporting, Kelly is quoted in the book as saying of Trump at a staff meeting in his office: „He’s an idiot. It’s pointless to try to convince him of anything. He’s gone off the rails. We’re in crazytown. I don’t even know why any of us are here. This is the worst job I’ve ever had.“
In a statement Tuesday, Kelly denied that he referred to Trump as an „idiot.“
„He always knows where I stand, and he and I both know this story is total BS,“ Kelly said.
Bernstein and Woodward were both Washington Post reporters who helped uncover the 1970s Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon. Bernstein vouched for his former colleague’s methodology of reporting of drawing from hundreds of hours of interviews with first-hand sources and documents to back up quotes, saying it was the same method the pair used while reporting on the Nixon administration.
„This doesn’t come from one source,“ he added.
Trump and the White House have pushed back on the allegations in Woodward’s book, but Woodward stands by his reporting.
