The following article by Aaron Rupar was posted on the ThinkProgress website February 16, 2018:
They’re calling the affair “fake news,” but not saying it didn’t happen.
The New Yorker published on Friday an in-depth report about an affair between Donald Trump and Playboy model Karen McDougal. The affair reportedly began in June 2006 — the year after President Trump married Melania Trump.
In a statement provided to The New Yorker, an unnamed White House spokesperson characterized the story as “just more fake news.” But notably, the statement doesn’t flat-out deny the affair. Instead, the spokesperson merely claims that Trump says it didn’t happen. Continue reading “White House has weird response to Trump’s alleged affair with Playboy model”