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Hannity: Trump Was Set Up in ABC Interview to Create ‘Phony Outrage’

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‘In many ways, that was a genius setup because the media mob will fall right into his trap breathlessly spewing fake, phony outrage over a nonstory for days,’ Hannity said.

Justin Baragona

Justin Baragona

Senior Media Reporter

Published Jun. 12 2019 10:45PM EDT

Fox News host Sean Hannity led his primetime show Wednesday night by not only defending President Trump saying he’d take foreign dirt on a 2020 candidate if it were offered, but also insisting that ABC’s George Stephanopoulos had set the president up in order to create a media outrage cycle.

The conservative...

Justin Baragona

Justin Baragona

Senior Media Reporter

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