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(34,051 posts)headline: Joe Scarborough says White House aides promised Trump would 'spike' a tabloid story on Joe in exchange for an apology
"MSNBC's "Morning Joe" TV host Joe Scarborough asserted Friday that three top White House staffers had told him that President Trump could arrange to "spike" a negative story about him in the National Enquirer if Scarborough would call the president and apologize for his negative coverage of Trump.
"He described the White House officials as "three people at the very top of the administration."
"They said if you call the president up and you apologize for your coverage, then he will pick up the phone and basically spike the story," Scarborough said.
"Scarborough said his response was, "Like are you kidding me. I don't know what they have, run a story, I'm not going to do it, Scarborough said. "
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/06/30/joe-scarborough-says-white-house-aides-promised-trump-would-spike-tabloid-story-exchange-apology/442127001/#