President Donald Trump refused to take a question from an ABC News reporter at a White House event Tuesday, denouncing the network as “fake news” in response to a recent interview between ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos and Vice President JD Vance.
“After what you did with Stephanopoulos and the vice president of the United States, I don’t take questions from ABC fake news,” Trump said when an ABC correspondent attempted to ask a question during a joint press event with Argentine President Javier Milei.
“You’re ABC fake news. Brian, go ahead,” Trump added, calling on a different reporter instead.
The incident occurred just two days after a contentious exchange between Stephanopoulos and Vance on This Week, ABC’s Sunday political affairs program.
The anchor repeatedly pressed the vice president about an alleged $50,000 bribe involving former Border Czar Tom Homan, an issue first reported by MSNBC last month.
According to that report, FBI surveillance audio recorded in September 2024 appeared to capture Homan accepting $50,000 in cash from undercover agents posing as business executives.
The agents claimed they were promised help securing government contracts if Trump won re-election.
The Department of Justice ultimately declined to bring charges, and FBI Director Kash Patel closed the investigation earlier this year, citing “insufficient evidence of wrongdoing.”