| ...
| "We got a call that, 'Hey, the National Enquirer is going
| to run a negative story against you guys...' And they said,
| 'If you call the president up, and you apologize for your
| coverage, then he will pick up the phone and basically
| spike this story," Scarborough said on the air.
|
| Scarborough didn't name names, but he said "three people at
| the very top of the administration" called him about this.
| ...
| The president himself weighed in via Twitter a few minutes
| later. He said he heard what Scarborough said on "Morning
| Joe," but claimed that it's untrue: "He called me to stop a
| National Enquirer article. I said no! Bad show."
| ...
| Scarborough responded quickly to Trump's tweet with one of
| his own, writing, "Yet another lie. I have texts from your
| top aides and phone records. Also, those records show I
| haven't spoken with you in many months."
| ...
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--bks
If only conservatives worried about the First Amendment.