“60 Minutes” defended its protection of the Hunter Biden laptop computer scandal whereas taking a swipe at former President Trump for skipping an interview for its conventional election particular.Â
CBS Information correspondent Scott Pelley addressed the behind-the-scenes drama that unfolded between the community and the Trump marketing campaign main as much as the now-scrapped sit-down.Â
Pelley mentioned that the marketing campaign “supplied shifting explanations” for its obvious reversal.
“First, it complained that we might fact-check the interview. We fact-check each story,” Pelley mentioned. “Later, Trump mentioned he wanted an apology for his interview in 2020. Trump claims correspondent Lesley Stahl mentioned in that interview that Hunter Biden’s controversial laptop computer got here from Russia. She by no means mentioned that.”Â
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CBS Information correspondent Scott Pelley addressed to “60 Minutes” viewers why former President Trump determined to skip an interview. (Screenshot/CBS Information)
Pelley was seemingly referring to feedback Trump informed reporters final week when CBS Information introduced the previous president wouldn’t be showing on “60 Minutes.”
“Final time I did an interview with them, in case you keep in mind, they challenged on the pc. They mentioned the laptop computer from Hell was from Russia. And I mentioned it wasn’t from Russia, it was from Hunter. And I by no means received an apology. So, I am kind of ready,” Trump mentioned. “I would like to do ‘60 Minutes.’ I do every part. I imply, I do you proper now, proper? And also you’re more durable than ‘60 Minutes’ frankly. The laptop computer from Hell was from Hunter. It wasn’t from me … Lesley Stahl, we received into a bit of little bit of an argument on the digicam, speaking about that and different issues. And , they actually owed me an apology.”Â
TRUMP CAMPAIGN DENIES IT EVER AGREED TO ‘60 MINUTES’ INTERVIEW AFTER CBS NEWS CLAIMED HE BACKED OUT
Trump 60 Minutes (AP Picture/Carlos Osorio; Screenshot/CBS Information)
Pelley did not point out how Stahl dismissed the laptop computer scandal throughout her interview with Trump shortly earlier than the 2020 election.
On the time, Trump insisted that then-candidate Joe Biden was “within the midst of a scandal,” referring to stories in regards to the e mail’s contents displaying his involvement in his son’s abroad enterprise dealings.
“He isn’t,” Stahl replied.Â
“After all he’s, Lesley,” Trump sternly doubled down.Â
“No, c’mon,” Stahl continued to reject the president’s declare, earlier than lecturing him, “That is ’60 Minutes’ and we won’t placed on issues that we won’t confirm.”
CBS Information finally went on and verified the notorious laptop computer in 2022. Quite a few different mainstream media retailers dismissed or downplayed the laptop computer initially earlier than finally acknowledging its authenticity.
CBS TARRED AND FEATHERED FOR ADMITTING EXISTENCE OF HUNTER BIDEN’S LAPTOP TWO YEARS AFTER NEW YORK POST REPORT
Veteran CBS Information correspondent Lesley Stahl famously mentioned the Hunter Biden laptop computer could not be verified throughout her “60 Minutes” interview with then-President Trump. (Screenshot/CBS Information)
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Pelley additionally doubled down on CBS Information’ assertion that Trump “backed out” of the interview after the Trump marketing campaign insisted it by no means dedicated to 1.Â
“The Trump marketing campaign had informed us that the interview can be this previous Thursday at Mar-a-Lago. Additionally they requested us whether or not we might meet 78-year-old Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, the place he was grazed in an assassination try. We agreed,” Pelley informed viewers. “On September ninth, Trump’s Communications Director Steven Cheung despatched a textual content that mentioned, quote, ‘I’m working with our advance group to see logistically if Butler would work along with the sit-down.’ ‘Sit-down’ which means the interview in Florida. Days later, Cheung referred to as to say, quote, ‘The president mentioned sure.’ Then, every week in the past, Trump backed out.”
Final week, Cheung denied Trump had ever formally accepted the invitation, posting on X, “There have been preliminary discussions, however nothing was ever scheduled or locked in.”
Neither CBS Information nor the Trump marketing campaign instantly responded to Fox Information Digital’s requests for remark.
