Former White House economic adviser Gary Cohn said Tuesday that he does not believe his portrayal in journalist Bob Woodward’s new book is an accurate depiction of his time in the administration.
“This book does not accurately portray my experience at the White House,” Cohn told Axios on Tuesday. “I am proud of my service in the Trump administration, and I continue to support the president and his economic agenda.”
Cohn reportedly did not specify what content in the book he finds inaccurate.
The former Trump adviser is one of the most frequent characters in Woodward’s book, which opens up with a story about how Cohn took a draft of a letter withdrawing from the South Korea trade agreement directly from the president’s desk. Woodward also recounts how Cohn tried to resign from the administration after the president did not explicitly condemn the acts of white supremacists during the Charlottesville riots last year.
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Woodward continues to stand by his reporting, which is believed to be backed up by hundreds of hours of interviews, primary documents, and recordings.
The New York Times published an anonymous op-ed last week that described members of the Trump administration working “diligently” to stop the president’s “worst impulses” and move against parts of his agenda. The op-ed came days after excerpts from Woodward’s book were leaked to the press.
The book and the op-ed have only worked to reinforce the president’s belief that there are leakers around him in the White House who are actively working to undermine his presidency.
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