Trump 2020 Campaign Chief Slams ‘Fake News’ Report Saying He Hired Rob Porter

Brad Parscale, the campaign manager for President Trump‘s re-election campaign, is pushing back against a report stating that he gave Rob Porter a new job.

Earlier today, the Daily Mail reported that Parscale brought Porter on board shortly after the former White House aide was ousted during his domestic abuse scandal. A source told Daily Mail that “Trump felt badly about Porter’s ouster and the way it played out,” and the president wanted Parscale to put Porter on his payroll as a secret favor to him.

Multiple Trump campaign staffers are denying the story, not the least of which is Parscale himself:

No, Rob Porter has not been hired in any capacity. I have never even thought about it. So #FakeNews

— Brad Parscale (@parscale) April 4, 2018

Such a hit piece. I actually do not believe I have ever even met Rob Porter. Impossible to prove a negative, what a joke. What’s next, I am opening my office on the moon? Can’t wait to see. pic.twitter.com/5p4iaJ7SQ6

— Brad Parscale (@parscale) April 4, 2018

Reporters from multiple news outlets have received similar statements from campaign officials, and the Washington Examiner‘s Gabby Morrongiello received a clue for who might have been behind the fake story.

Source close to Trump’s 2020 campaign calls this story “actual fake news” and suggests it was planted by a mischevious former Trump aude whose name rhymes w/ Ham Runberg https://t.co/m9OZEADdtZ

— Gabby Morrongiello (@gabriellahope_) April 4, 2018

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