Keep getting calls from that guy doing a book on you -- John Connolly. He seems very interested in
your relationship with the news media. I told him you were a hell of a guy:) One oddity: he said he had
been told that that quote from Trump about you in the original NY Mag story had been manufactured.
ie, that I did not actually speak to Donald. Which is bull shit of course. I am sure that is what Trump
told him as they have been getting a lot of questions from reporters about you.
He actually seemed to be a sensible guy/solid reporter -- just from the few conversations I had with
him. I think he is close to finishing up.
Did you ever speak to him?
Source: House Oversight Committee release, November 2025