C-SPAN Suspends Steve Scully After He Admits To Lying About Being Hacked
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden were supposed to take the stage tonight for a town hall event moderated by C-SPAN’s Steve Scully. However, it was canceled after the Commission on…
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden were supposed to take the stage tonight for a town hall event moderated by C-SPAN’s Steve Scully.
However, it was canceled after the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that the event would be moved to a virtual format. Shortly after the news broke, Trump said, “I’m not going to do a virtual debate.”
“I’m not going to waste my time on a virtual debate,” he added.
That event was originally slated to be moderated by Senior Executive Producer and Political Editor for C-SPAN Steve Scully. However, conservative outlets began to attack Scully and accuse him of being biased towards Biden. In an Oct. 9 tweet, Trump called Scully a “Never Trumper.”
After the president’s attacks, Scully’s said in a since-deleted tweet, “@Scaramucci should I respond to Trump.” Anthony Scaramucci is a former Trump communications director turned critic.
C-SPAN initially said, “Steve Scully did not originate the tweet and believes his account has been hacked.”
“The Commission on Presidential Debates has stated publicly that the tweet was not sent by Scully himself and is investigating with the help of authorities. When additional information is available, we will release it,” it added.