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Denials all around as Fox News, the Trump campaign and a Rudy Giuliani adviser all insist there was no plot to soften Megyn Kelly's debate approach to The Donald
According to New York Magazine, Trump asked his friend Giuliani to intervene with Fox Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes in an attempt to get anchor Megyn Kelly to go easy on The Donald during Thursday night's debate.
Not so, insists everyone who was reportedly involved in the insider intrigue.
'This is totally false,' the Trump camp told DailyMail.com in a pointed statement.
Fox News Executive Vice President Michael Clemente said separately that 'all of the "reporting" in this [New York Magazine] story is based off of anonymous sources with zero knowledge of what's actually going on.'
Read more: Donald Trump DIDN'T ask Rudy Giuliani to lobby Fox to soften Megyn Kelly's approach - Daily Mail Online
Well, we'll have to wait and see how easy Megyn is on Trump tonight - and how he reacts.
- Kelly is co-moderating the first GOP presidential debate on Thursday but there's reportedly bad blood between her and Donald Trump
- She says she intends to be 'respectful' to all of the candidates on the debate stage – and that 'good or bad,' Trump is 'fascinating'
- But New York magazine floated a story on Monday that had Trump's camp sending Rudy Giuliani to Fox News chief Roger Ailes in hope of softening Kelly's approach to The Donald
- Fox says the original report was based on 'anonymous sources with zero knowledge of what's actually going on'
- Trump's camp says it was 'totally false'
According to New York Magazine, Trump asked his friend Giuliani to intervene with Fox Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes in an attempt to get anchor Megyn Kelly to go easy on The Donald during Thursday night's debate.
Not so, insists everyone who was reportedly involved in the insider intrigue.
'This is totally false,' the Trump camp told DailyMail.com in a pointed statement.
Fox News Executive Vice President Michael Clemente said separately that 'all of the "reporting" in this [New York Magazine] story is based off of anonymous sources with zero knowledge of what's actually going on.'
Read more: Donald Trump DIDN'T ask Rudy Giuliani to lobby Fox to soften Megyn Kelly's approach - Daily Mail Online
Well, we'll have to wait and see how easy Megyn is on Trump tonight - and how he reacts.