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Here's the Audio of Donald Trump's Private RNC Fundraiser at His Own Hotel

• https://theintercept.com, Ryan Grim, Lee Fang

While the president may have barred reporters from the closed-door Republican National Committee gathering, his battle with the press wasn't far from his mind. During his speech, according to audio of the event published here by The Intercept, he singled out CNN, asking the audience whether he ought to sue what he described as "horrible human beings."

Trump drew loud applause with his suggestion that he was prevailing in his campaign against the cable news network. "Boy, did CNN get killed over the last few days," he said. Last week, CNN retracted a story about a Trump ally's ties to a Russian bank; three of the network's journalists resigned in the wake of the flap.

Trump then focused his attention on CNN commentator Van Jones, whom Trump noted was recently captured on secretly recorded audio calling the story of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia a "nothing burger," as well as CNN network president Jeff Zucker.


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