Matt Lauer Grills Controversial Obama Book Author Over White House Pushback
Today’s Matt Lauer put author Jodi Kantor on the heat seat Monday morning over her controversial new book, The Obamas, which claims — among other things — that there are tensions between White House staff and the First Lady.
“Did you talk to the President and First Lady while researching the book?” Lauer pressed.
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“The book is mostly reported through top aides and close friends of the president and First Lady,” Kantor responded. “I’m one of the only people to get access to the East Wing and the First Lady’s staff there. What I found is that aides and friends were able to tell stories that the Obamas don’t talk about, like what happened the first time they tried to go home to Chicago.”
Lauer presented pushback from the White House, which called her book an “overdramatization of old news.”
“Are you kind of taking poetic license here?” Lauer questioned.
“They haven’t disputed any of the facts,” Kantor argued.
Kantor went into more details about how First Lady Michelle Obama hasn’t been involved in the day-to-day activities of the West Wing.
“Is she disappointed with what’s happened so far?” Lauer asked.
“According to my reporting, there were times she was really frustrated,” Kantor revealed.
Watch Lauer’s exclusive interview with Kantor below, via NBC:
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