Karoline Leavitt has criticised what she says is a “disingenuous” Vanity Fair article, after Chief of Staff Susie Wiles called out the publication for allegedly changing the context of her words.
In an exclusive interview with the magazine published on Tuesday (16 December), Wiles described Donald Trump as having an “alcoholic's personality" and said that Vice President JD Vance had been a “conspiracy theorist for a decade.”
Wiles has since called the article a “hit piece”, which she says disregarded "significant context" to “paint an overwhelmingly chaotic and negative narrative” about the Trump administration.
The writer who conducted the interview, Chris Whipple, has hit back at the White House’s accusation. “Everything in the article was on the record. I recorded every interview.” he told CNN.
Ms Leavitt was one of several prominent Trump administration figures to feature in close-up photos on Vanity Fair’s Instagram.
