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Excerpt from www.politicususa.com
Texts introduced as evidence at Trump’s criminal trial show Maggie Haberman acting as Trump’s stenographer and media puppet.
The texts:
PEOPLEâS EXHIBIT 260 – TEXTS BETWEEN COHEN AND MAGGIE HABERMAN OF NYT (2/13/18)
HOFFINGER: Who is Maggie Haberman?
COHEN: She is a reporter for the New York Times.FROM MC TO MH: Big boss just approved me responding to complaint and statement. Please start writing and I willâ¦
— Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) May 14, 2024
The exchange:
HOFFINGER: Who is Maggie Haberman?
COHEN: She is a reporter for the New York Times.FROM MC TO MH: Big boss just approved me responding to complaint and statement. Please start writing and I will call you soon
The big boss is Donald Trump. MC is Michael Cohen, and MH is Maggie Haberman.
Trump approved of Cohen talking to Haberman, so Cohen instructed Haberman to start writing her story and then he would call her later.
Haberman was writing at Trump’s approval, and on Trump’s schedule. This is not how journalism works. Journalists do not get approval from their subjects before they write their stories, or start writing before they have the information. Haberman isn’t reporting. She’s transcribing for Trump.