President Trump berated CBS News correspondent Norah O’Donnell after she quoted parts of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect’s alleged manifesto, branding her a “disgrace” and saying she should be ashamed of herself. Trump lashed out at the journalist during his “60 Minutes” interview Sunday night — hours after it emerged that alleged gunman Cole Allen penned a 1,052-word missive stating he believed it was his righteous duty to target Trump administration officials.
The president became particularly irked when O’Donnell quoted Allen’s alleged words directly, saying, “I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.” “Well, I was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would because you’re horrible people,” Trump told O’Donnell after being asked for his reaction. “Horrible people. Yeah, he did write that. I’m not a rapist. I didn’t rape anybody.”
