Trump campaign blasts Woodward; denies secret Putin calls

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

30% : "The spokesperson further pointed to Trump's lawsuit against Woodward, in which the former president seeking $50 million from the veteran journalist over his publication of tapes of interviews he conducted with Trump while he was in office between Dec. 2019 and Aug. 2020, which featured in the 2020 book 'Rage.'Woodward and his publisher filed to get the case dismissed in September 2023.
30% : Cheung's comments came in response to a CNN report on Woodward's new book 'War,' detailing that in 2020, Trump "secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use.
26% : Woodward also wrote in his book, 'War,' that Trump agreed to secretly send Putin COVID-19 testing equipment.
12% : Steven Cheung, the communications director for the Trump campaign, told The Hill in a statement that "None of these made up stories by Bob Woodward are true," and said that Trump gave no access to the journalist for the latest book, as Trump had for past books.
12% : "Putin told Trump to not tell anybody, according to Woodward, with Trump responding, "I don't care... fine.
12% : "Woodward wrote that according to Trump's aides, there have been as many as seven phone calls between Trump and Putin since Trump left the White House in 2021, according to CNN.
5% : Woodward also cited Trump aide Jason Miller as not being aware of any calls between Trump and Putin, but added that President Biden's Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines did not conclusively rule out contacts between the Russian leader and the former president.

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