{"id":2595844,"date":"2026-04-27T18:01:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-hits-cbs-over-reading-of-trump-shooting-manifesto-on-60-minutes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:01:41","slug":"newt-gingrich-hits-cbs-over-reading-of-trump-shooting-manifesto-on-60-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-hits-cbs-over-reading-of-trump-shooting-manifesto-on-60-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Newt Gingrich hits CBS over reading of Trump shooting manifesto on 60 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewt-gingrich-hits-cbs-over-reading-of-trump-shooting-manifesto-on-60-minutes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2595844&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Newt Gingrich sharply criticized CBS News anchor Norah O\u2019Donnell for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-claims-latest-russian-offensive-in-ukraine-has-backfired\/\" title=\"White House says Russia&#039;s recent attack in Ukraine has failed.\">reading excerpts<\/a> from a gunman\u2019s alleged manifesto during a CBS interview wiht President Donald Trump. Gingrich argued that giving air time to the would-be killer\u2019s statements was harmful and demeaned journalism,and he said O\u2019Donnell should be fired.<\/p>\n<p>The article also notes that Cole Allen, 31, of California, was charged with attempting to assassinate Trump after authorities said he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-notes-remarkable-similarities-between-minnesota-and-nashville-killers-conveniently-omits-one-pretty-obvious-detail\/\" title=\"CNN Notes &#039;Remarkable Similarities&#039; Between Minnesota and Nashville Killers, Conveniently Omits One Pretty Obvious Detail\">brought multiple weapons<\/a> and attacked a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-inaugural-like-baghdad-green-zone-red-zone-military-checkpoints-to-enter-and-leave-downtown-d-c-bridges-into-city-to-be-closed\/\" title=\"Biden Inaugural Like Baghdad: Green Zone, Red Zone, Military Checkpoints to Enter and Leave Downtown D.C., Bridges Into City to Be Closed\">security checkpoint<\/a> outside the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner. During the discussion on *60 Minutes*,O\u2019Donnell read lines from the manifesto,including a claim accusing Trump of being a \u201cpedophile,rapist,and traitor.\u201d Trump responded that he was not a pedophile and said the accusations were unrelated to him, while also attacking CBS News as \u201chorrible\u201d and calling O\u2019Donnell \u201cdisgraceful.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Former House Speaker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/newt-gingrich\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1026\">Newt Gingrich<\/a> criticized CBS News anchor Norah O\u2019Donnell after she read from the suspected manifesto of the gunman who attacked the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house-correspondents-association\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house-correspondents-association\/\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association <\/a>dinner in an interview with President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorah O\u2019Donnell may have reached the low point in disgusting and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >inhumane demagoguery disguised<\/a> as journalism,\u201d Gingrich said in a Monday <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/newtgingrich\/status\/2048789366126915762\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/newtgingrich\/status\/2048789366126915762\">statement on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4544993\/white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-donations\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>White House Correspondents\u2019 Association donates uneaten steak and lobster to local shelters<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4544615\/whca-dinner-revival-security-logistical-challenges\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WHCA dinner revival faces security, logistical challenges after shooting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4544561\/white-houses-security-protocols-whcd-shooting\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Secret Service \u2018changes possible\u2019 after WHCA dinner shooting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that you would take the vicious dishonest and disgusting words of a would-be killer who had been blocked by the Secret Service but would otherwise have killed a lot of people and you would dignify them by putting them on the air and asking the President of the United States to comment is about as destructive as anything a major reporter has done in a long time,\u201d he wrote, adding that the journalist should be fired for \u201ddemeaning her entire profession and being the mouthpiece of a would-be killer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On Monday, Cole Allen, 31, of California, was charged with attempting to assassinate the president after he allegedly charged a security checkpoint outside Saturday\u2019s WHCA dinner while armed with multiple weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Trump joined CBS News\u2019s <em>60 Minutes<\/em> for the first time in either of his terms to discuss the shooting on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, O\u2019Donnell read parts of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4543635\/correspondents-dinner-shooter-manifesto-trump\/\">manifesto<\/a> that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/racist-pigs-purple-haired-delivery-driver-allegedly-smashes-elderly-couples-groceries-over-pro-police-sign\/\" title=\"\u2018Racist Pigs:\u2019 Purple...Haired Delivery Driver Allegedly Smashes Elderly Couple\u2019s Groceries Over Pro...Police Sign\">suspect allegedly wrote<\/a> before the shooting regarding Trump, and one line accused him of being a \u201cpedophile, rapist, and traitor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4543819\/trump-60-minutes-shooter-manifesto-allegations\/\"><strong>TRUMP CLASHES WITH 60 MINUTES\u2019 NORAH O\u2019DONNELL OVER SHOOTER MANIFESTO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not a pedophile,\u201d Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4543819\/trump-60-minutes-shooter-manifesto-allegations\/\">responded<\/a>. \u201cYou read that crap from some sick person? I got associated with old stuff that has nothing to do with me. I was totally exonerated. Your friends on the other side of the plate are the ones that were involved with, let\u2019s say, Epstein or other things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also called the people of CBS News \u201chorrible\u201d and said O\u2019Donnell was \u201cdisgraceful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gingrich denounced Norah O\u2019Donnell for reading the suspect manifesto<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4195,"featured_media":2595847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/newt-gingrich-urges-senate-pass-megabill.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[78694,56439,78695,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2595844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-60-minutes-2","tag-media-bias-2","tag-newt-gingrich-2","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/newt-gingrich-urges-senate-pass-megabill.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595844"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595849,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595844\/revisions\/2595849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2595844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2595844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}