Hannity denies collusion with Trump by Russia, and himself

[DonViejo]

By Erik Wemple January 4 at 12:52 PM

After spending months and months scoffing at any notion that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, Fox News host Sean Hannity is facing a collusion allegation of his own. It comes via an excerpt from Michael Wolff’s new book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.” As Wolff recounts, President Trump was considering a big interview with “60 Minutes” last fall:

As telling, with his daughter and son-in-law sidelined by their legal problems, Hope Hicks, Trump’s 29-year-old personal aide and confidant, became, practically speaking, his most powerful White House advisor. (With Melania a nonpresence, the staff referred to Ivanka as the “real wife” and Hicks as the “real daughter.”) Hicks’ primary function was to tend to the Trump ego, to reassure him, to protect him, to buffer him, to soothe him. It was Hicks who, attentive to his lapses and repetitions, urged him to forgo an interview that was set to open the 60 Minutes fall season. Instead, the interview went to Fox News’ Sean Hannity who, White House insiders happily explained, was willing to supply the questions beforehand. Indeed, the plan was to have all interviewers going forward provide the questions.

Asked about this matter, Hannity said via email, through a Fox News spokeswoman, “I never provided questions ahead of time to President Trump.”

What a 2018 media moment: On the one hand, we have a classic bit of Wolffian writing. Parse that passage carefully, and you see that there’s no allegation here that Hannity, a Trump sycophant without peer, actually did share any questions with Trump. Just that he was “willing” to do so. Consider, too, the various credibility issues that subjects have cited over the years with Wolff’s work.

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[Alpeduez21]

1. Well I guess that settles it then

[underpants]

2. Plausible, Hannity doesn't know the questions until they come up on the TelePrompTer

[PJMcK]

3. Hannity doesn't know anything

He's one of the stupid.

ETA: I just noticed that this was my 5,000th post. Seems appropriate.

Fuck you, Sean!

[gibraltar72]

4. Would an upstanding

journalist like Sean Hannity lie? You have to ask yourself.