The event is set to be co-moderated by Bret Baier, Fox News’ chief political anchor and executive editor of “Special Report,” and Martha MacCallum, the executive editor of “The Story,” featuring questions submitted by viewers on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
As some states loosen lockdown restrictions and the nation’s battered economy begins to recover, President Trump is set to participate in a Fox News virtual town hall from 7-9 p.m. ET at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Sunday night, entitled “America Together: Returning to Work.”
After what he called a “working weekend” at Camp David, Trump returned to the White House at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday. The president has faced a cascading series of challenges in recent days, including protesters in Michigan storming the state capitol to protest stay-at-home orders, reports that North Korea’s leader was alive and healthy despite a CNN report that he was near death, and apparent discord within his administration as to the potential threat still posed by the coronavirus.
Bombshell disclosures by the Justice Department, meanwhile, largely supported Trump’s claims that FBI officials furtively worked to target some of his former top officials. Among other revelations, FBI communications made clear that top bureau officials discussed their motivations for interviewing former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in the White House on January 24, 2017 — and openly questioned if their “goal” was “to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired.”
Back in the White House, Trump tweeted Sunday that the intelligence community had vindicated him on another matter.
“Intelligence has just reported to me that I was correct, and that they did NOT bring up the CoronaVirus subject matter until late into January, just prior to my banning China from the U.S.,” Trump wrote, apparently contradicting an earlier report in The Washington Post. “Also, they only spoke of the Virus in a very non-threatening, or matter of fact, manner……Fake News got it wrong again, as always, and tens of thousands of lives were saved by my EARLY BAN of China into our Country. The people that we’re allowed were heavily scrutinized and tested U.S. citizens, and as such, I welcome them with open arms!”
Trump’s appearance at the Lincoln Memorial will be his first interview with Baier and MacCallum since the Fox News town hall in Scranton, Pa., on March 5, which made history as the most-watched election town hall ever on cable news, according to Nielsen Media Research.
(Source: Fox News)