Donald Trump Denies Posing as Own Publicist: ‘It Doesn’t Sound Like My Voice’ (Video)

Washington Post says presumptive GOP nominee routinely handled own publicity under assumed names; paper releases audio

Donald Trump denied on Friday that he used to pose as his own public relations representative to handle reporters and place stories, shooting down a Washington Post report from earlier this morning.

The DC newspaper’s allegations included audiotape of a man who sounds a lot like Trump, but identifies himself as PR professional “John Miller.” The billionaire businessman-turned-politician denied in a “Today” show interview later Friday morning that it was really him posing as a publicist.

Savannah Guthrie asked Trump straight-up if audio from an old People magazine interview was him pretending to be someone else.

“No, I don’t think it — I don’t know anything about it, you’re telling me about it for the first time. And it doesn’t sound like my voice at all,” Trump said. “I have many, many people that are trying to imitate my voice and you can imagine that. And this sounds like one of the scams — one of the many scams — doesn’t sound like me.”

“I don’t think it was me,” he said a little bit later. “It doesn’t sound like me.”

Per the Post, Trump supposedly had actually acknowledged decades ago that it was him, but claimed it was all a “joke.” The paper also alleged that the former “Apprentice” host would routinely call reporters and plant stories under assumed names in the ’90s — something Trump also denied to Guthrie.

“Wow, you’re going so low as to talk about something that took place 25 years ago about whether or not I made a phone call?” Trump asked. “The answer is ‘No,’ and let’s get on to more current subjects. I mean, I know it’s wonderful for your listeners, but I think we have more important things to discuss.”

So that’s exactly what they did, as Matt Lauer shifted the line of questioning to more topical material.

Watch the “Today” show interview above, which has a short audio clip of the call.

Listen to more than 14 minutes of it here:

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