In a statement, White House spokesman Judd Deere accused The Washington Post of “blatantly interfering with the Trump Organization’s business relations” and demanding “it should stop.”
“Please build a very large ‘dossier’ on the many false David Fahrenthold and other stories, because they are a disgrace to journalism and the American people,” Deere said.
Asked by CNN Business for further information on the case, Deere declined to comment. Neither White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany nor White House Director of Communications Alyssa Farah responded to additional emails to seek comment.
Fahrenthold sent a request for comment to a Post spokesman who declined.
The White House’s talk of building a dossier on Fahrenthold and other journalists is shocking, but perhaps not surprising, of an administration that has labeled the press as “the enemy of the people.”
Trump and his allies have for years aimed to discredit journalists and news organizations, often through the use of lies and dishonest rhetoric.
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