The White House has basically confirmed that a radio comedian was easily able to get through on a prank phone call to cheeto by pretending to be Senator Bob Menendez. He didn't have any special number. He simply called the White House switchboard (easily found number) and eventually was called back while cheeto was on Air Force One.
The comedian called from a cell phone which is registered in his name. There was no due diligence: no checking of the fake senator's assistant's name; no checking of the number. The radio guy said he didn't even know the party or state the senator belonged to but just played the part.
There is a link in the article below where you can hear the actual calls. One starts at about the 38 minute mark and the other is at about the 1:07 mark. It's baffling how easy it was to get in touch with cheeto. It's baffling how amateur everything is. It's baffling how Kushner basically acted like a secretary.
This is what we have turned into.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/29/politics/stuttering-john-podcast-prank-call-donald-trump/index.html
The comedian called from a cell phone which is registered in his name. There was no due diligence: no checking of the fake senator's assistant's name; no checking of the number. The radio guy said he didn't even know the party or state the senator belonged to but just played the part.
There is a link in the article below where you can hear the actual calls. One starts at about the 38 minute mark and the other is at about the 1:07 mark. It's baffling how easy it was to get in touch with cheeto. It's baffling how amateur everything is. It's baffling how Kushner basically acted like a secretary.
This is what we have turned into.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/29/politics/stuttering-john-podcast-prank-call-donald-trump/index.html