Video: Donald Trump Shuts Down CNN Reporter, Calls Network ‘Fake News’

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Video: Donald Trump Shuts Down CNN Reporter, Calls Network ‘Fake News’

Donald Trump refused to take a question from CNN - the organisation that had reported US intelligence officials had briefed the tycoon about unverified claims about his relationship with Russia.


On Tuesday, CNN reported that officials had provided a summary of a dossier of information that was apparently generated by political opponents.

The information claimed Mr Trump had been compromised by “salacious” information about his personal and business dealings in Russia.

Mr Trump had tweeted that the claims were not correct and amount to nothing more than “fake news”.

At a news conference he refused to take a question from CNN. He also criticised BuzzFeed News, which had published the allegations in their entirety.

“You are fake news,” Mr Trump told reporter Jim Acosta.

Mr Trump said that BuzzFeed, which had published 35-pages of claims and accusations about the President-elect it said it could not verify, as a "failing piece of garbage".

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