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Steve Scully, a producer for C-SPAN, said he had “falsely claimed” he was not responsible for a tweet soliciting advice from the former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci. Steve Scully just admitted he was lying about his Twitter being hacked,' the president wrote on Twitter, repeating past claims that the debate was 'rigged'.
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A top official on the Commission on Presidential Debates said the Twitter account of C-SPAN's Steve Scully was hacked following a tweet to former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci asking for advice on whether he should 'respond to' President Trump's attacks on him.
- C-SPAN suspends Steve Scully after he admits to lying about Twitter hack Scully was supposed to moderate the second debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden, but that debate never happened.
- NEW YORK — C-SPAN suspended its political editor Steve Scully indefinitely Thursday after he admitted to lying about his Twitter feed being hacked when he was confronted about a questionable exchange with former Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci. The news came on the day of what was supposed to be a career highlight for the 30-year C-SPAN veteran.
The tweet was sent Thursday evening, setting off a wave of criticism on social media as it raised concerns about the journalist's impartiality.
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By Friday, the tweet was deleted, but not before Scaramucci responded.
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'Ignore. He is having a hard enough time. Some more bad stuff about to go down,' Scaramucci said late Thursday.
Ignore. He is having a hard enough time. Some more bad stuff about to go down. https://t.co/cMphfQJELL
— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) October 9, 2020Scaramucci was fired from the White House in the summer of 2017 after less than two weeks on the job as communications director and has since become an outspoken critic of Trump.
Frank Fahrenkopf, the co-chairman for the Commission on Presidential Debates, said on the Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox News Radio on Friday that the tweet was not sent by Scully himself. 'He was hacked. It didn't happen,' he said.
Just in- @debates co-chair Frank Fahrenkopf says debate #2 moderator Steve Scully's twitter account was hacked: 'Apparently something now that's being on television and on the radio saying that... he's been talking to #Scaramucci. He was hacked. It didn't happen'
— Rocco Aloe (@Rocco_FNC) October 9, 2020Scully was picked to moderate the next presidential debate, which was scheduled to be held on Oct. 15. But after Trump tested positive for COVID-19 last week, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that the next debate would be held virtually, a change the president said he would not accept.
Trump has repeatedly chastised Scully. He said during a Fox Business interview Thursday morning that he thought Scully was a 'nice guy' but heard he is a 'Never Trumper.' That appeared to be in reference to reports that have been published in right-leaning media about Scully doing some intern work for Joe Biden when he was a senator decades ago.
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