ABC News has not provided any explanation for the apparent removal of a report that accused the president’s sons of profiting from investments in companies with government contracts.
The article, released on Wednesday, alleged that Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump held significant investments in firms that received approximately $6 billion in contracts during the Trump administration.
After facing sharp criticism for what appeared to be accounting errors and other inaccuracies, ABC News seemingly pulled the article without any corrections, explanations, or editor’s notes.
Currently, the link to the story states that the page is unavailable.
Media analysts have taken notice of this situation.
“This is absolutely wild,” commented Andrew Kaczynski from CNN, noting that “ABC News completely retracted this story just two days ago—totally nuked it. No note, no explanation, no comment,” he added.
Journalist Dylan Byers suggested, “ABC News will have to comment on this. They’d be wiser to do it sooner rather than later.”
The story was also shared by California Governor Gavin Newsom, who posted, “The American people were fleeced. Accountability is coming.”
In response, Trump Jr. mocked Newsom, saying, “ABC deleted this article in less than 24 hours because it’s false. Sounds about as long as your presidential campaign would last.”
Requests for a comment from Disney, the parent company of ABC News, have not been answered.
ABC News participated in a boycott of White House pool reporting after the president barred three other outlets a few weeks ago due to what he deemed biased reporting.
“The public has a significant interest in receiving accurate, independent information about its government,” said a joint statement from the involved news groups. “No administration should limit a news organization because it disagrees with its reporting.”
A judge later restored the credentials of the barred outlets temporarily, but a final ruling on the matter is still pending.
