Brian Freeman served as Donald Trump’s dutiful stenographer in an April 10 Newsmax article:
Donald Trump posted a message on Truth Social on Wednesday sharing the note from Stormy Daniels in 2018 stating that she never had sexual relations with the former president and was never paid hush money.
“Look what was just found!” Trump wrote in attaching a document to the post. “Will the fake news report it?”
The attached note, with a header “Official Statement of Stormy Daniels” and a date of January 30, 2018, said, “I am not denying this affair because I was paid ‘hush money,’ as has been reported in overseas owned tabloids. I am denying this affair because it never happened.
“I will have no further comment on this matter.”
Newsmax has reached out to Clark Brewster, Stormy Daniels’ attorney, for comment on Trump’s post on Truth Social.
There was no need to hunt down Brewster for a response; the first thing Freeman should have done is do a fact-check on Trump. That statement by Daniels wasn’t “just found” — it was published and widely reported on after it was first signed in 2018. Daniels recanted the statement a short time later, after it came out that Trump, through attorney Michael Cohen, paid her hush money and said she originally signed it because was effectively threatened into doing so.
Such lazy stenography undercuts any efforts Newsmax is making to project the image of a credible madia outlet, as opposed to its current status as a Trump mouthpiece.