Lesley Stahl gets security protection after death threat over Trump ‘60 Minutes’ interview: report
KATE FELDMAN
New York Daily News |
Oct 27, 2020 at 9:24 AM
CBS hired full-time security for “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl after a relative living in the Los Angeles area received a death threat over her interview with President Trump, it was reported Tuesday.
An unidentified suspect called one of Stahl’s relatives in Los Angeles on Thursday, just hours before the president released his own copy of the interview on Facebook, and threatened her and her family and “said something about neo-Nazis,” TMZ said.
The Los Angeles Police Department would not confirm whether an investigation has been launched.
Lesley Stahl interviewed President Trump on "60 Minutes" last week. (CBS)
Stahl, 78, now reportedly has security guards at her home and with her whenever she goes out in public.
A spokesperson for CBS did not immediately return the Daily News' request for comment.
Trump objected to Stahl’s “tough” questions in the taped sit-down before he eventually stormed out, cutting off the scheduled interview before a planned walk-and-talk around the White House grounds.
Trump claimed he was trying to show “the bias, hatred and rudeness on behalf of ’60 Minutes' and CBS” when he posted his version of the video, which was supposed to be for archival purposes only, online.
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(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
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Donald Trump in the White House
CBS decried Trump’s “unprecedented decision” to upload the 37-minute video and said it would not “deter ’60 Minutes' from providing its full, fair and contextual reporting which presidents have participated in for decades.”
“Few journalists have the presidential interview experience Lesley Stahl has delivered over her decades as one of the premier correspondents in America,” a spokesperson said in a statement.
When the network finally aired its full version of the interview Sunday night, nearly 17 million people tuned in, the largest “60 Minutes” audience since its March 2018 Stormy Daniels interview, CBS said.
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KATE FELDMAN
New York Daily News |
Oct 27, 2020 at 9:24 AM
CBS hired full-time security for “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl after a relative living in the Los Angeles area received a death threat over her interview with President Trump, it was reported Tuesday.
An unidentified suspect called one of Stahl’s relatives in Los Angeles on Thursday, just hours before the president released his own copy of the interview on Facebook, and threatened her and her family and “said something about neo-Nazis,” TMZ said.
The Los Angeles Police Department would not confirm whether an investigation has been launched.
Lesley Stahl interviewed President Trump on "60 Minutes" last week. (CBS)
Stahl, 78, now reportedly has security guards at her home and with her whenever she goes out in public.
A spokesperson for CBS did not immediately return the Daily News' request for comment.
Trump objected to Stahl’s “tough” questions in the taped sit-down before he eventually stormed out, cutting off the scheduled interview before a planned walk-and-talk around the White House grounds.
Trump claimed he was trying to show “the bias, hatred and rudeness on behalf of ’60 Minutes' and CBS” when he posted his version of the video, which was supposed to be for archival purposes only, online.
(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
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Donald Trump in the White House
CBS decried Trump’s “unprecedented decision” to upload the 37-minute video and said it would not “deter ’60 Minutes' from providing its full, fair and contextual reporting which presidents have participated in for decades.”
“Few journalists have the presidential interview experience Lesley Stahl has delivered over her decades as one of the premier correspondents in America,” a spokesperson said in a statement.
When the network finally aired its full version of the interview Sunday night, nearly 17 million people tuned in, the largest “60 Minutes” audience since its March 2018 Stormy Daniels interview, CBS said.
Kate Feldman covers national and breaking news, as well as TV.
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