Former United States President Donald Trump's spokesman released an audio recording that suggests the Republican businessman, contrary to a recent advert, did not walk out of his interview with Piers Morgan on the latter's new television program.
The recording claims to show that Trump and Morgan thanked each other and laughed at the conclusion of the interview for Talk TV, which is a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. The show is scheduled to debut on Monday and was teased to be "the most explosive interview of the year."
Trump and Morgan
In a video summary dramatized with cinematic music, former President Trump can be seen frustrated about Morgan's questions, specifically about the former's claims of voter fraud during the 2020 election. At the end of the advert, Trump could be heard telling the crew to turn their cameras off and shows him standing up from his chair.
However, the audio released by Trump's spokesman appears to tell a completely different story where the two men laughed and thanked each other for their time. The recording did not show any signs of the former president storming off the set, as per NBC News.
Morgan was seen pressing Trump about repeated claims of voter fraud that the Republican businessman argues cost him the presidency against Joe Biden. The former president responded by calling the host a "fool" and claimed that he himself was more honest than the columnist.
Later on in the interview, the host told Trump that the 2020 election was "free and fair," prompting disagreement with the Republican businessman. Morgan added that after more than a year since the end of the elections, Trump and his colleagues have yet to produce the hard evidence that supported his claims.
According to the Daily Beast, Trump spokesperson Taylor Budowich's released audio recording shows Trump agreeing that they had a great interview. A spokesperson for News Corp said that the company did not have any comments to relay beyond the public information that was already available.
Audio Recording
The 7.5-minute audio clip recorded Morgan thanking Trump before the former president asked the crew to turn the camera off. A man who was identified to be Budowich could be heard telling Morgan that he was allowed to ask the Republican businessman one last question before they concluded their interview, prompting the host to ask several more.
The Trump spokesman then blasts Morgan for asking several questions despite saying he was only going to ask one more. Budowich then says that he felt the TV personality was basically lying at that point, with Trump saying that Morgan was "very dishonest."
Budowich accused the show's producers of deceptively editing promotional clips to suggest that the former president angrily stormed off the interview set amid questions about the claims of voter fraud during the 2020 election. The Trump spokesperson added that the Republican businessman expected the interview would last roughly 20 minutes. However, the shooting dragged on for more than an hour. One representative for Morgan did not immediately respond to requests for comment regarding the matter, Business Insider reported.
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