CNN’s Jake Tapper Eviscerates Michael Wolff’s Credibility & Accuracy of ‘Fire & Fury’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT TAPPER And ░░░░░░░░ re back with our ░░░░░░░░ lead and the bombshell ░░░░░░░░ giving life to new ░░░░░░░░ about President Trump s ░░░░░░░░ for office And while ░░░░░░░░ book is flying off ░░░░░░░░ shelves so much so ░░░░░░░░ the publishing house is ░░░░░░░░ to print more books ░░░░░░░░ a backlog of orders ░░░░░░░░ questions are being raised ░░░░░░░░ the reliability of the ░░░░░░░░ s narrative the reporting ░░░░░░░░ was done the sources ░░░░░░░░ or not used and ░░░░░░░░ details in the book ░░░░░░░░ have since proven to ░░░░░░░░ false It s difficult ░░░░░░░░ ascertain frankly what the ░░░░░░░░ here since we have ░░░░░░░░ unreliable narrativers Michael Wolff ░░░░░░░░ whose credibility as a ░░░░░░░░ has been seriously questioned ░░░░░░░░ and has in the ░░░░░░░░ of this book already ░░░░░░░░ several questionable statements and ░░░░░░░░ Trump whose relationship with ░░░░░░░░ facts is 10 serious ░░░░░░░░ best The president initial ░░░░░░░░ tweeted about the book ░░░░░░░░ I authorized zero access ░░░░░░░░ White House actually turned ░░░░░░░░ author down many times ░░░░░░░░ author of phony book ░░░░░░░░ to him for book ░░░░░░░░ of lies misrepresentations and ░░░░░░░░ that don t exist ░░░░░░░░ what happens to him ░░░░░░░░ sloppy Steve Sloppy Steve ░░░░░░░░ course is a new ░░░░░░░░ for the president s ░░░░░░░░ chief strategist Steve Bannon ░░░░░░░░ was quoted throughout the ░░░░░░░░ making disparaging insightful and ░░░░░░░░ remarks about various people ░░░░░░░░ the White House says ░░░░░░░░ last time they have ░░░░░░░░ record of Michael Wolff ░░░░░░░░ with President Trump was ░░░░░░░░ February 2017 just barely ░░░░░░░░ President Trump s term ░░░░░░░░ says he spent a ░░░░░░░░ three hours with President ░░░░░░░░ during the campaign the ░░░░░░░░ and in the White ░░░░░░░░ clip starts I interviewed ░░░░░░░░ at that point After ░░░░░░░░ we would we would ░░░░░░░░ I m sure he ░░░░░░░░ t think they were ░░░░░░░░ In all fairness he ░░░░░░░░ say I was not ░░░░░░░░ interviewed clip ends TAPPER ░░░░░░░░ president s defenders are ░░░░░░░░ in full force attempting ░░░░░░░░ disparage both Wolff and ░░░░░░░░ though not necessarily effectively ░░░░░░░░ Gorka wrote a column ░░░░░░░░ The hill newspaper today ░░░░░░░░ Wolff and attacking the ░░░░░░░░ including CNN But in ░░░░░░░░ s purported defense of ░░░░░░░░ president he also writes ░░░░░░░░ I met Michael Wolff ░░░░░░░░ Reince Priebus s office ░░░░░░░░ he was waiting to ░░░░░░░░ to Steve Bannon and ░░░░░░░░ I had been asked ░░░░░░░░ speak to him for ░░░░░░░░ book Which frankly doesn ░░░░░░░░ sound like an author ░░░░░░░░ no access and cooperation ░░░░░░░░ the White House It ░░░░░░░░ like the complete opposite ░░░░░░░░ s not at if ░░░░░░░░ of Mr Gorka s ░░░░░░░░ are poorly founded Wolff ░░░░░░░░ reporting should be met ░░░░░░░░ skepticism It is riddled ░░░░░░░░ errors and rumors And ░░░░░░░░ made the remarkable assertion ░░░░░░░░ 100 of the president ░░░░░░░░ family members and top ░░░░░░░░ have concerns about his ░░░░░░░░ fitness for the job ░░░░░░░░ That s simply not ░░░░░░░░ And consider this from ░░░░░░░░ this morning clip starts ░░░░░░░░ DONNELL Did you speak ░░░░░░░░ any members of the ░░░░░░░░ s cabinet for this ░░░░░░░░ WOLFF I did not ░░░░░░░░ DONNELL You did not ░░░░░░░░ I did not O ░░░░░░░░ Did you speak with ░░░░░░░░ vice president WOLFF I ░░░░░░░░ not clip ends TAPPER ░░░░░░░░ there is this three ░░░░░░░░ in just this one ░░░░░░░░ on page 78 a ░░░░░░░░ of Democratic strategist Hilary ░░░░░░░░ s name Wilbur Ross ░░░░░░░░ named the labor secretary ░░░░░░░░ he s the commerce ░░░░░░░░ and Mark Berman at ░░░░░░░░ restaurant he says he ░░░░░░░░ never been to Why ░░░░░░░░ shouldn t be concerned ░░░░░░░░ the picture it paints ░░░░░░░░ starts Todd Do you ░░░░░░░░ some of the errors ░░░░░░░░ there It feels as ░░░░░░░░ if you didn t ░░░░░░░░ a copy edit WOLFF ░░░░░░░░ think I mixed up ░░░░░░░░ Berman and a mark ░░░░░░░░ For that I apologize ░░░░░░░░ the book speaks for ░░░░░░░░ Read the book clip ░░░░░░░░ TAPPER So that s ░░░░░░░░ conundrum we re in ░░░░░░░░ have an author who ░░░░░░░░ access an author who ░░░░░░░░ great quotes but did ░░░░░░░░ have great facts?”