Scott Jennings Shuts Down Abby Phillip: Why Should Trump Own up to Something Based on ‘Unverified Hearsay?’

PHILLIP: “Attacked his own base for caring about this. He called them stupid and weak. He said he didn‘t want their support. And it all seems that that is because he knew something was in there that was incriminating to him. At the end of the day, I mean, if he‘s in the files, just like a lot of the other people who might be in there because they associated with Epstein at one point, just own up to it. Why doesn‘t he just do that?”
JENNINGS: “Own up to what? What The Wall Street Journal calls unverified hearsay, which is a redundant term that an editor should strike? Unverified hearsay. That is how — “
PHILLIP: “It’s actually not redundant. It’s — “
JENNINGS: “What is hearsay?”
PHILLIP: “Well, hearsay is a legal term.”
JENNINGS: “What is hearsay?”
PHILLIP: “Hearsay is a legal term, so — “
JENNINGS: “It’s unverified. So use it if you want.”
PHILLIP: “Yeah.”
JENNINGS: “Here‘s the deal. Why should he go out there and have to own up to anything? He‘s not ever been credibly accused. The Washington Post ran a fact-check on this the other day and said, ‘We‘re confident there‘s nothing about the president. If there were, we would know about it.’ Unverified hearsay is what he‘s dealing with, and you want him to go out and fight this ghost? It’s ridiculous.”