President Trump on Friday again slammed the media over recent reports.
President Trump on Friday lashed out at the media over recent coverage.
"Why doesn't the Fake News Media state that the Trump Administration's Anti-Trust Division has been, and is, opposed to the AT&T purchase of Time Warner in a currently ongoing Trial. Such a disgrace in reporting!" Trump tweeted.
While it's not clear what prompted the president to post this tweet, it does come amid reports of payments AT&T and Novartis made to Trump's attorney Michael Cohen for insights into the administration.
"The rapid flow of millions of dollars to Cohen shows the rush by corporations — unable to rely on the influence of Washington's traditional lobbying class in dealing with a new, populist outsider president — to lock in relationships with Trump's inner circle," the Washington Post noted.
Meanwhile, at Friday's press briefing, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders sought to distance the president from the controversy surrounding Cohen.
CNBC's Eamon Javers asked Sanders, "the CEOs of AT&T and Novartis both said that they thought it was a mistake for their companies to work with the President's lawyer. Does the President think it was a mistake for his lawyer to work with them?"
"I think that this further proves that the President is not going to be influenced by special interests. This is actually the definition of draining the swamp, something the President talked about repeatedly during the campaign," Sanders responded.