Pool Reports of July 15, 2025

WH in-town pool report #1 checking in

Good morning from the White House, where it is a cloudy 78 degrees with a chance of some brief rain.

I will be your in-town print pool reporter today. The White House has made no changes to President Trump’s schedule. He is set to depart for Pittsburgh, Pa. this afternoon. Below is the president’s schedule.

Let me know if you have any questions!

In-Town Pool
TV Corr & Crew: NBC
Secondary TV: Gray
Photos: AP, AFP, NYT, Reuters, Getty
Print: USA Today
Radio: SRN
Secondary Print: Reuters
New Media: Timcast

Out-of-Town Travel Pool
TV Corr & Crew: NBC
Photos: AP, AFP, NYT, Reuters
Print: Christian Science Monitor
Radio: NPR
Additional Print: Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post

EDT
9:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time
11:15 AM Out-of-Town Travel Pool Call Time

12:30 PM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The White House
Open Press

2:30 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in the Inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Event
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pre-Credentialed Media

5:40 PM THE PRESIDENT departs Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, en route The White House
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Out-of-Town Travel Pool

6:50 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives The White House
The White House
Open Press

WH in-town pool reporter #2 Secret Service orders press inside

At about 11:30 am EDT, a Secret Service official ordered reporters on the North Lawn – including everyone working on Pebble Beach – to go inside the White House press briefing room.

No reason was provided.

A Secret Service official now appears to be walking on the North Lawn.

Several reporters including me were waiting outside to speak to Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who was giving an interview on Fox News, when the order came.

I will let you know when I get more inflation.

WH in-town pool report #3 lockdown lifted

The White House lockdown the Secret Service previously ordered was lifted at 11:56 am. Reporters are now allowed back on the North Lawn.

Still no word from the White House on what triggered the lockdown. 

I’ve also reached out to the Secret Service and will pass along what they give me.

WH in-town pool report #4 cell phone incident

Kimberly Halkett of Al Jazeera News — today's foreign press pooler —  passed along a comment she got from WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt on the security issue that prompted the Secret Service to order reporters inside the White House: 

Leavitt: "Somebody threw their phone over the fence," referring to the fence on the north lawn of the White House.

WH in-town pool report #5 pool gathering for departure

The White House pool was summoned to the palm room doors for Trump’s departure at 12:17 pm.

WH in-town pool report #6 Trump talks to reporters/news on Texas redistricting

President Trump walked out of the Oval Office at 12:52 pm. He walked alongside Karoline Leavitt. 

Trump then came over to reporters and took a wide range of questions for 15 minutes. 

He made some news, saying he wants Texas to create five new Republican districts during their upcoming state legislature’s redistricting process. 

He also took questions about inflation rising in June, Pam Bondi and Putin. 

Quotes to come but here’s an otter link in the meantime. 

Mairine One lifted off at 1:14 pm.

WH in-town pool report #7 initial quotes "He shouldn't target Moscow"

Below are some quotes from Trump during his gaggle with reporters. This is not the full extent of Trump's remarks – nor is it the full exchange. I will send some additional feeds in upcoming pool reporters.

Trump on Pittsburgh visit:

"We're going to be touting about numbers like nobody's ever heard before, mostly to do with AI. We have tremendous investments being made, literally trillions of dollars."

Trump on Supreme Court decision regarding Department of Education:

"We had a big win with the Supreme Court and the Department of Education, and we want – as you know – to bring education back to the states and take the federal government out of it."

Trump on his ultimatum to Putin/Russia

"At the end of 50 days, if we don't have a deal, it's going to be too bad … The tariffs are going to go on and other sanctions."

Should Zelenskyy target Moscow?

"No, he shouldn't target Moscow"

Are you willing to give long-range missiles to Ukraine as well?

"No, we're not looking to do that."

Why are you giving Mr. Putin 50 additional days to prosecute his war against Ukraine?

"Well, I don't think 50 days is very long. And it could be sooner that that. You should have asked that same question to Biden. Why did he get us into this war?"

What's the deal with Indonesia? What are the terms?

"We made a deal with Indonesia. I spoke to their really great president …. We have full access to Indonesia. We will pay no tariffs. So they are giving us access into Indonesia, which we've never had."

"And the other part is they are going to pay 19%, and we are going to pay nothing."

Me: Do you believe your tariffs might have led to inflation increasing last month? Do you believe they had a role in the uptick?

"Who do you work for?" (I respond by saying USA TODAY)

"They wrote me a beautiful article the other day, so I can't get angry today. Just wrote a very good article about me. What's that all about? So, I can't get angry with you. Very little inflation, as you know, the numbers were very, very good – much inside the margins. So we've had no inflation. All we've had is we're making a fortune."

WH in-town pool report #8 Quotes on Epstein case, Schiff, Texas redistricting and more

Here are more quotes from President Trump's gaggle on the North Lawn before boarding Marine One this afternoon.

Check the quotes against the Otter feed I sent earlier – or better yet, check it against video of Trump's gaggle. Here is a link from C-SPAN.

https://www.c-span.org/program/white-house-event/president-trump-speaks-to-reporters-en-route-pittsburgh/662551

Trump touting tariffs:

"We have tariffs going on because we want tariffs and we want the money coming into the United States."

Are you on Ukraine's side now?

"I'm on nobody's side. You know who side I'm on? Humanity's side. I want to stop the killing of thousands of people."

Your daughter-in-law said there should be transparency in the Epstein case. Do you agree with her?

"The attorney general has handed that very well. She's really done a very good job. I think when you look at it, you'll understand that. I would like to see that also, but the credibility is very import."

Did the attorney general tell you that your name appeared in the Epstein files?

"No, no. She's given us just a very quick briefing in terms of the credibility of the different things that they've seen. I would say that, you know, these files were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by the Bidens. And we went through years of that with the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax."

On Texas, how many more seats to you want the Republicans to draw?

"Five."

What if California, New York and Illinois and other blue states (create new Democratic congressional districts)?

"Well, that's fine, too, but five – I think we get five. And there could be some other states where we're going to get three or four or five. Texas will be the biggest one."

When was the last tine you spoke to Jerome Powell?

"When he was in my office."

What did you tell him when he was in your office?

"I told him he's doing a very bad job. He's way late. That's why I call him "Too Late." Jerome Powell is too late.

Are you going to appoint Powell for another term?

"You must be kidding? Why would you waste a question like that?"

Are you still negotiating with the EU?

"We are talking with the EU, and we're making progress. But look, you know, we already have a deal with the EU. It's called the letter that was sent out. I think it was 30%. That's the EU."

Trump on Cuomo staying in the NYC mayor's race:

"I think he's got a shot," Trump said, declining to say when asked who he prefers who wins. "I think Andrew would have a good shot of winning. You know, he's running against a communist? I would think he would have a good shot."

Trump on trip to Scotland:

"We're going to be meeting with the British prime minister … probably in Aberdeen … and we're going to also refine the trade deal that we made." He adds that they will probably meet at one of his properties in Scotland.

Me: Do you have a message for the EU if they choose to retaliate to your tariffs?

"I don't know how they can retaliate, you know. They made a lot of money. They've treated us very badly, but now they're treating us very nicely. I think everybody's going to be happy with the EU."

Trump on possibly meeting the pope:

"I would do it. I have a lot of respect. I really like his brother … He's MAGA all the way. I like the pope's brother and I think I like the pope."

More on Putin:

"So far, I've been very disappointed in President Putin. I've solved a lot of wars in the last three months, but I haven't gotten this one yet. This is a Biden war. It's not a Trump war. I'm here to try and get us out of that mess."

Trump on Brazil's Bolsonaro: 

"President Bolsonaro is a good man. I've gotten to know a lot of prime ministers and president, and kings and queens. And I know him, and I'm pretty good at this. President Bolsonaro is not a dishonest man. He loves the people of Brazil."

You said you want Adam Schiff brought to justice. Does that mean jail?

"I think Adam Schiff is one of the lowest of the low. He is a dishonest, crooked guy. I don't know about the individual charge, if that even happens. But Adam Schiff is a serious low life."

AOC is hosting Zohran Mamdani in Washington tomorrow morning for a breakfast. Were you invited?

"I'd really love to go. I mean, I look forward to meeting them both. I know them both really well from what I read and from what I see. Look, he's a communist. I don't think our country is ready for a communist, but we're going to see. And I don't think that race is over yet, either." 

"AOC, look. I think she's very nice. But she's very low IQ. And we really don't need IQ. Between here and Crockett, we're going to give them both an IQ test to see who comes out best."

Trump started to walk toward Marine One at this point … but then he returned to a different section of the line of reporters and took a couple of more questions. Thanks to Emily Goodin of the Daily Mail for the Otter of the side gaggle.

Trump on alleged mortgage fraud from Schiff:

"I think the thing with Adam Schiff is very serious. And I think what they have on Leticia James is very serious, right? But I have to leave that up to the district attorneys and the prosecutors and to the attorney general, most importantly."

"Adam Schiff is a low life. He deserves what he gets."

Have you spoken to Putin since the announcement yesterday?

"I have not."

WH in-town pool report #9 Rose Garden renovation

During Trump’s WH departure, I snapped a photo of the ongoing renovations of the Rose Garden. I know there’s a lot of interest in this project, so I’m passing along the photo so you can see the latest. 

Various WH officials — as mentioned in pool report #6 — were surveying the renovation work before Trump departed.

WH in-town pool report #10 Secret Service statement

Neither Peter Navarro nor Stephen Miller took questions from reporters outside after doing television hits on Pebble Beach.

Meanwhile, the Secret Service sent out the following statement regarding the brief White House lockdown earlier today. (Hat tip to Christian Datoc of the Washington Examiner for the heads up.)

From the agency:

Please see our statement below, attributable to a U.S. Secret Service spokesperson:

At approximately 11:30 a.m. today, U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers responded to an individual who threw an object over the White House fence along Pennsylvania Avenue. As a precaution, officers cleared the North Grounds, Pennsylvania Avenue and Lafayette Park. A military Explosive Ordinance Disposal team responded to the scene and cleared the object. One individual was transported to an area hospital for a mental health evaluation. All road closures have been lifted.

WH in-town pool report #11 gathering for arrival

The WH pool was called to the Palm Room doors at 6:25 pm for Trump’s arrival.

WH in-town pool report #12 Trump back at WH, no gaggle

Marine One landed on the White House south lawn at 7:09 pm. President Trump walked off the helicopter at 7:12 pm. 

Trump waved at reporters, acknowledged the new American flag on the south lawn and did not come over to reporters to take questions. 

Your pool reporter shouted one question at Trump — why did you pull national guard troops from Los Angeles? — but Trump did not respond. A couple other questions were also shouted but I could not make them out. 

After Trump entered the WH, Karoline Leavitt, Doug Burgum and Margo Martin came off Marine One and followed the present into the White House. 

POTOS is now back in the White House following his trip to Pittsburgh this afternoon.

WH in-town pool report #13 lid called

The WH called a travel/photo lid at 7:22 pm.

Have a great night!

Travel pool report #1: Checking in from JBA

Good late morning from a gray and humid JBA, where we just pulled onto the base on the way to AF1 to Pittsburgh for the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit. I'll be your travel pooler today.

One tweak from the in-town pool: I'm told CBS is in the travel radio seat today, not NPR.

Out-of-Town Travel Pool
TV Corr & Crew: NBC
Photos: AP, AFP, NYT, Reuters
Print: Christian Science Monitor
Radio: CBS
Additional Print: Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post

Travel pool #2: Trump JBA arrival/awaiting takeoff

Marine One touched down at JBA at 1:20pm. POTUS exited and walked across the tarmac at 1:25pm, waved and pointed to the back of the plane but did not stop to take questions before boarding. We're back on the plane at 1:28pm. Spotted Karoline Leavitt and Margo Martin boarding the plane with him, NBC's Garrett Haake saw Walt Nauta. Fuller list of those traveling with him tk. Taking off soon.

Travel report 3: airborne/traveling with potus

We took off at 1:33pm.

WH provides this travel list:

Secretary Scott Bessent (Treasury)

Administrator Lee Zeldin (EPA)

Taylor Budowich

Nick Luna

Karoline Leavitt

Michael Kratsios

Travel pool 4: touchdown in Pittsburgh

AF1 touched down in Pittsburgh at 2:12pm, taxied until 2:15pm. Quiet flight, no gaggles.

Travel pool 5: rolling to Carnegie Mellon

POTUS deplaned at 2:20pm, briefly chatted with a pair of service members, turned to the press and offered a first pump before getting into the beast. Motorcade rolling at 2:24pm to Carnegie Mellon.

Travel pool 6: arrival on campus

Motorcade arrived at 2:50pm on campus at Carnegie Mellon. Did not spot POTUS as we were escorted inside, past their track and football field complex. As the motorcade entered campus, a handful of onlookers flashed thumbs down and flipped the bird. One protestor had a sign reading "Our gender isn't your culture war, our city isn't your PR stunt."

Inside the gym, screens flanking the stage read "the golden age of energy dominance is here." Former Sen. Rick Santorum is among those with onstage seats.

Travel pool 7: attendees (+expected attendees)

Spotted in the audience as we await the POTUS speech: Alex Karp walking backstage, and Rick Perry sitting onstage.

Event is open press, will send along some color/highlights.

Sen. Dave McCormick's office sent out the list of attendees earlier today:

Leaders attending today’s Energy and Innovation Summit include:

• Khaldoon Al-Mubarak, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mubadala 
• Dario Amodei, Chief Executive Officer, Anthropic 
• Nir Bar Dea, Chief Executive Officer, Bridgewater
• Brendan Bechtel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bechtel 
• The Hon. Scott Bessent, United States Secretary of the Treasury
• Brandon Bishop, Secretary-Treasurer of Governing Body, North America Building Trades Union
• The Hon. Doug Burgum, United States Secretary of the Interior
• Joe Dominguez, President and Chief Executive Officer, Constellation Energy
• Larry Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock  
• Bruce Flatt, Chief Executive Officer, Brookfield Asset Management 
• Matt Garman, Chief Executive Officer, Amazon Web Services  
• John Graham, President and Chief Executive Officer, CPP Investments
• Jon Gray, President and Chief Operating Officer, Blackstone 
• Rene Haas, Chief Executive Officer of Arm and Board Director of SoftBank 
• Farnam Jahanian, President, Carnegie Mellon University 
• Alex Karp, Chief Executive Officer, Palantir
• Lim Chow Kiat, Chief Executive Officer, GIC
• Jake Loosararian, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Gecko Robotics 
• The Hon. Howard Lutnick, United States Secretary of Commerce
• Ruth Porat, President and Chief Investment Officer, Google 
• Toby Rice, President and Chief Executive Offer, EQT Corporation 
• David Sacks, AI and Crypto Czar, White House 
• Dan Sumner, Chief Executive Officer, Westinghouse Electric Company
• Darren Woods, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ExxonMobil 
• The Hon. Chris Wright, United States Secretary of Energy 

The White House sent out this schedule of planned speakers earlier today:

PROGRAM AGENDA
9:30AM–9:45 AM - Opening Remarks by Senator Dave McCormick
Location: McConomy Auditorium
9:45AM–10:30 AM - Panel 1: The AI Race and How to Win It
Location: McConomy Auditorium
Panelists:
1. Jon Gray, President and Chief Operating Officer, Blackstone

2. Khaldoon Al-Mubarak, Chief Executive Officer and Managing
Director, Mubadala
3. Farnam Jahanian, President, Carnegie Mellon University
4. David Sacks, AI and Crypto Czar, White House
5. Rene Haas, Chief Executive Officer of Arm and Board Director of
SoftBank
Moderator: Dina Powell McCormick, Vice chairman BDT and MSD
Partners and Former Deputy National Security Advisor
10:45AM–11:30 AM - Panel 2: The Case for Pennsylvania:
Opportunities and Challenges
Location: McConomy Auditorium
Panelists:
1. Jake Loosararian, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Gecko
Robotics
2. Senator Kim Ward, President Pro Tempore, Pennsylvania State Senate
3. Bruce Flatt, Chief Executive Officer, Brookfield Asset Management
4. The Hon. Howard Lutnick, United States Secretary of Commerce
5. Mike Rowe, Chief Executive Officer, mikeroweWORKS Foundation
Moderator: Toby Rice, President and Chief Executive Officer, EQT
Corporation
11:35AM–12:05 PM - Panel 3: Investing Big in Pennsylvania: A Case
Study
Location: McConomy Auditorium
Panelists:
1. The Hon. Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania
2. Matt Garman, Chief Executive Officer, Amazon Web Services
3. The Hon. Dave McCormick, United States Senator from Pennsylvania
Moderator: Dr. Neeli Bendapudi, President, Pennsylvania State University
12:30PM–1:15 PM - Panel 4: Powering the AI Revolution
Location: McConomy Auditorium
Panelists:
1. Larry Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock
2. Darren Woods, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ExxonMobil
3. Brendan Bechtel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bechtel

4. Dario Amodei, Chief Executive Officer, Anthropic
5. The Hon. Chris Wright, United States Secretary of Energy
Moderator: Ruth Porat, President and Chief Investment Officer, Alphabet
and Google
3:30 PM – Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit with Special
Guest President Donald J. Trump
Location: Wiegand Gym

Travel pool 8: POTUS speaking

The president's dozens-strong energy council was brought onstage at 3:25pm, including cabinet members Lee Zeldin and Doug Burgum, and sat in two U-shaped rows around the stage. Sen. McCormick was introduced at 330. Also spotted in the crowd: Former Sen. Rob Portman.

After the Beach Boys' "I Get Around" faded out, "Hail to the Chief" came on and POTUS entered at 3:33pm. 

Sen. McCormick said that he was with POTUS in Butler, PA roughly a year ago, where he survived an assassination attempt, and " I witnessed your strength, your courage on that day and beyond." 

He shouted out Trump's America-first energy policy, telling him "You're making our country energy dominant, supporting workers at every level. 

POTUS began speaking at 3:38pm. "I went to school here, to college here, and got to know it very well."

POTUS said that at that rally, right before he was shot at, he'd called McCormick to the stage, before changing his mind and telling him to hold on.

"If you would have come up I don't know what the hell would have happened, right?" POTUS said.
On energy:

"We have the hottest country, and we're going to keep it that way."

Shouts out Secs. Scott Bessent, HowardLutnick, Doug Burgum, Chris Wright, Lee Zeldin—"the most important man on the dais today is Lee Zeldin, because he's going to be the one who will get you the permit."

Travel pool 9: More shout-outs from POTUS speech

Among POTUS's many shout-outs of those onstage was David Sacks. Says he met him during the last campaign, and said to himself "If I pull this sucker off" in the campaign, he'd hire Sacks.

Shouts out PA State Sen. Kim Ward, Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman, state Sen. Greg Roth as well.

Starts to shout out GOP PA congressmen. "Oh they're in Washington, working on our next bill? Good, they shouldn't be here!" Then lists them off anyways.

Trump announces "More than $56 million in new energy infrastructure" and a "$36 million in new data center project, and a lot more than that, I'm going to announce in the coming weeks."

After criticizing "Deface the Nation," he shouts out a pair of reporters. "We have a great woman here, Salena Zito, who writes about the Rust Belts and the Midwest," has her stand up in the back and wave.

Also shouts out "Ms. McAdams," Alexis McAdams, from Fox News. Says he has interviews set up with both right after this speech.

"I think we have a true golden age for America. ... you're going to see some real action here, so get ready. Lots of jobs, lots of success." Opens the floor up for those flanking him to talk at 4:05pm.

Travel pool 10: Other speakers, event ending

Sen. McCormick introduces a number of corporate leaders who talked up new energy and AI investment pledges in Pennsylvania and the region.

Blackstone CEO Jon Gray, sitting next to President Trump, who says the company will "make a further $25millioninvestmentintoPennsylvania'sdigitalandenergyinfrastructure."

Google's Ruth Porat announces "AI works in America," offering "free AI training to every small business in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania."

Other s who spoke: Westinghouse interim CEO Dan Sumner, North America Building Trades Union Secretary-General Brandon Bishop.

McCormick then gave a "lightning round" for cabinet secretaries to speak. Sec. Bessent: "The rust belt is no more. It's a thing of the past." Says the factories are back.

Sec. Lutnick next, followed by Sec. Wright, who says natural gas production could be ramped up to help Pennsylvania "lead the world" in AI. Sec. Burgum spoke next.

McCormick says they'll look back on this day as a "seminal moment" for the state.

POTUS: "You're going to have tremendous success in teh commonwealth. So good luck to everybody."

POTUS shakes a few hands, walks backstage at 4:34pm. Event over.

Travel pool 11: rolling from CMU

Pool got in the motorcade bus around 4:45pm, didn't see POTUS. Motorcade is rolling as of 5:02pm.

Travel pool 12: arrival at/departure from Pittsburgh Int'l

The motorcade arrived back at Pittsburgh international Airport at 5:30pm. Pool spotted POTUS at a distance exciting the best and going up the AF1 stairs as we pulled up. We're on board at 5:40, just began taxiing for departure.

Travel pool 13: landed at JBA/POTUS gaggling

AF1 landed at 6:23pm in sunny DC. POTUS deplaned at 6:36pm. He's talking to us now along with Secs. Buegun and Lutnick.

Says they're working on "five or six" more trade drals. "Indonesia was great."

More tk

Travel pool 14: more POTUS gaggle (inc. Epstein comments)

POTUS gaggled on the tarmac until 6:55pm. Fuller quotes tk. Check against audio and transcript, hard to hear over plane engines. More quotes tk.

Otter link: 
https://otter.ai/u/Ty_2JRbbamC07Yp3DqB7BjR5mQc

Epstein: "he's been dead for a long time... I don't understand" why people are so interested. "I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be interesting to anybody."

Why give Putin another 50 days on Ukraine?

Says Putin may change his mind "rapidly."
Says he hasn't spoken to Putin since his announcement yesterday. 

"He says he wants peace."
"Oftentimes he says he wants peace. I hope he does."
"I'm on the side of people stopping dying."

On secondary tariffs on Russia potential hiring Americans: "I don't think so." Predicts they won't need to be implemented. 

Progress on Iran?

"They want to talk. I'm in no rush to talk. ... They have to pick a different mountain" it was so damaged.

He declined to say which other states he wants Republicans to redraw congressional lines besides Texas, says there are "about four of them" but declined to name them. "I'll let you figure that one out."

Says pharmaceutical tariffs will begin "probably at the end of the month." Says they'll begin low and gradually rise.

Travel pool 15: Marine One departure from JBA

POTUS boarded Marine One at 6:56pm. It took off for the White House at 7pm. Fuller quotes from the gaggle tk in next report but over to in-town pool! POTUS incoming.

Travel pool 16: More POTUS (Bessent to Fed, thoughts on firing Powell, fuller Epstein)

Sorry Powell wasn't in the last report, couldn't hear him well enough to understand POTUS' response in real time. Here's that q, Bessent, q on crypto, and fuller quote on Epstein. 

On Powell:

"The one thing I wouldn't have guessed is he would be spending two and a half million dollars to build a little extension onto the fed." Q: Is it fireable offense? "I think it sort of is, because if you look at his testimony... he's not talking about the problem. It's a big problem."

On whether Bessent would be his number-one option for the next Fed chairman:
"Well he's an option. And he's very good. Well, he's not (top choice), because I like the job he's doing. That's why he's not. ... I do like the job he's done. So in that sense, probably not that much of an option. Scott's been great. He did a great job today. He's a very soothing force. You know, he's soothing."

On whether he was frustrated crypto legislation stalled in the House today:

"No. The interesting thing is the 12 votes were votes where they wanted it to be stronger in terms of crypto people. ... those negative votes were because they wanted it to be, the safeguards, they wanted it to be stronger for people with crypto."

Fuller quote: When asked why he thinks some of his supporters are so interested in the Epstein story and so upset about how it's been handled:
"I don't understand why they would be so interested. He's dead for a long time. He was never a big factor in terms of life. I don't understand what the interest or what the fascination is, I really don't. And the credible information's been given. Don't forget, we went through years of the Mueller witch hunt, and all of the different things, the Steele dossier which was all fake, all that information is fake. But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going. I think really only pretty bad people including fake news want to keep something like that going. But credible information—let them give it. Anything that's credible, I would say let them have it."

Thanks to WSJ's Brian Schwartz for the help spotting VIPs at the Pittsburgh event. Signing off—have a good night, everyone!