Press secretary Sarah Sanders soundly denied claims made in journalist Bob Woodward's new book, "Fear: Trump in the White House," saying that she's been working for President Donald Trump for the past three years, and what's in Woodward's book is "nothing of what's going on."
"If things that were said in this book were true, there is no way that this president could be as successful as he has been," Sanders told Fox News' "Fox & Friends."
"It's full of anonymous quotes from disgruntled former employees, versus people who have been in the administration from day one."
Trump has referred to Woodward's book as "just another bad book," and he would have preferred to speak with him about the claims, but he doesn't think it would have made a difference. Sanders on Wednesday agreed that the president is his "own best advocate."
In addition, there are firsthand, on-the-record accounts from people in the White House that are "very different" from what Woodward wrote about, she said.
Trump said in a tweet Wednesday that he wonders why Washington won't change "some libel laws," but Sanders, when asked if that means the president may file a libel claim against Woodward, said she has not spoken with the president about wat he might do.
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