In Amazing Self-Own, Gorka Admits WH Staff Was Told to Speak to Wolff For Book

Justin BaragonaJan 8th, 2018, 2:46 pm
 

Oh, Gorka.

In an opinion column for The Hill today, former deputy presidential adviser and current Fox News pundit Sebastian Gorka attempted to discredit Michael Wolff’s controversial Trump tell-all Fire and Fury and, instead, unwittingly confirmed that folks in the West Wing were told to speak to Wolff for the book.

Below is just an amazing excerpt from his piece:

As a result, you’d never see Jim Acosta coming out of my office or Maggie Haberman buying me an espresso at Peet’s around the corner from the West Wing. So, when I met Michael Wolff in Reince Priebus’ office, where he was waiting to talk to Steve Bannon, and after I had been told to also speak to him for his book, my attitude was polite but firm: “Thanks but no thanks.” Our brief encounter reinforced my gut feeling that this oleaginous scribe had no interest in being fair and unbiased.

Not sure what’s the best part of that paragraph. Is it his use of the term “oleaginous scribe”? Or is it his insistence that you’d never see a New York Times reporter buy him some good coffee?

Regardless, the main takeaway from his column is that he stepped on the message he was trying to convey — Wolff’s book is untrustworthy. Gorka is, in fact, pointing out that White House staffers spoke to Wolff, and were asked to do so. As the president is calling Fire and Fury a “Fake Book” with made-up sources, one of his most ardent defenders in the media is undermining that claim.

As you’d imagine, there was quite a reaction on Twitter to Gorka’s admission:

UPDATE 4:27 PM ET: Unsurprisingly, Gorka reacted to Mediaite’s article, sending out the following tweets:

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