Donald Trump’s team was fed questions prior to Fox News town hall in 2024, according to a new book
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Former president also reportedly considered Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo to be his running mate. The Trump campaign team was handed questions in advance of a Fox News town hall in Iowa in January last year, according to a new book. “But Trump had a good relationship with Baier—they were golf buddies—and wanted to do a sit-down,” Isentadt added.
Both Baier and MacCallum were known to press the former president harder than other Fox hosts. Trump aides told the former president that they would push him to distance himself from political violence and ask about any potential plans for retribution.
The former president wasn’t “taking prep for the telecast seriously. He’d basically be winging it,” but was then allegedly given a huge helping hand. “About thirty minutes before the town hall was due to start, a senior aide started getting text messages from a person on the inside at Fox. Holy s***, the team thought,” Isenstadt writes. “They were images of all the questions Trump would be asked and the planned follow-ups, down to the exact wording. Jackpot. This was like a student getting a peek at the test before the exam started.”.
The Fox News hosts “planned to ask Trump if he would divest from his businesses if he won, and whether the party was taking a risk nominating him given his indictments.”. They would also ask if he would “disavow political violence” and if his administration “would be focused on retribution.”.
