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Trump Denies Pedophile Claims, Blames Shooter Manifesto on 60 Minutes

4/28/2026

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President Donald Trump, in a 60 Minutes interview, turned the discussion of an assassination attempt into a forceful denial of pedophile and rapist accusations.
He told interviewer Erin O'Donnell that the shooter’s manifesto was “crap” from a sick person and cut her off when she tried to interject.
Trump cited a 2023 New York judge ruling that allowed the rapist label and claimed his opponents were linked to Jeffrey Epstein.

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President Donald Trump, in a 60 Minutes interview, turned the discussion of an assassination attempt into a forceful denial of pedophile and rapist accusations.
He told interviewer Erin O'Donnell that the shooter’s manifesto was “crap” from a sick person and cut her off when she tried to interject.
Trump cited a 2023 New York judge ruling that allowed the rapist label and claimed his opponents were linked to Jeffrey Epstein.