CNN’s Murray: Trump ‘Pulled Bait & Switch’ on Immigration in ‘Misdirection Play’ with Journalists

REPORT: White House Lied to Journalists About Trump Speech in ‘Misdirection Play’ (Mediaite)

CNN reported Wednesday that a senior administration official admitted that the White House intentionally misled reporters ahead of President Donald Trump‘s congressional address in order to get generate positive press coverage as part of a “misdirection play.”

Multiple reports indicated Tuesday that Trump would embrace a more moderate tone on immigration and would announce that he was willing to negotiate to grant millions of illegal immigrants legal status. Most of those reports came immediately after anchors lunched with Trump and were cited to a “senior administration official.” Some of those outlets then just attributed the claim to the president himself.

But when it was time for Trump to actually give the speech, he said nothing of the sort. CNN’s Sara Murray complained the next day about “the bait and switch that the president pulled when it came to immigration yesterday. He had this meeting with the anchors, he talked about a path to legal status.”