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Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle appeared today, Thursday, November 7, 2019 on ABC's "The View," as the show celebrated its 5,000th episode.
- Donald Trump Jr. got into an on-camera argument with "The View" host Sunny Hostin on Thursday.
- Hostin accused the president's son of committing a federal crime by retweeting the alleged name of the whistleblower who kicked off the impeachment inquiry against President Trump.
- A day after the episode aired, the two continued sparring on Twitter.
- The fight seemingly ended with a retort from Trump Jr., who asked Hostin what it was like to "draw a paycheck from a network" that "protected pedophile-rapist" Jeffrey Epstein.
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Donald Trump Jr. faced a barrage of criticism on Thursday when he appeared on ABC's "The View" alongside his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle. Host Meghan McCain told him he had "put lot of people through a lot of pain" and host Whoopi Goldberg engaged in a brief shouting match with him on camera.
But perhaps the most tense exchange took place between Trump Jr. and host Sunny Hostin, who accused the president's son of committing a federal crime. A day earlier, Trump Jr. had retweeted the alleged name of the whistleblower whose complaint led to the impeachment inquiry against President Trump.
"Did you advise your boyfriend that it is a federal crime to out a whistleblower?" Hostin, a former federal prosecutor, asked Guilfoyle.
"It's only a federal crime for the [Inspector General] to do it," Trump Jr. responded. 'That's a lie."
After the cameras stopped rolling, the feud moved over to Twitter.
"Not sure where The View's @Sunny got her law degree from, but she should think about asking for a refund," Trump Jr. tweeted on Friday.
Hostin fired back: "Did you also think what you did at the Trump Foundation was legal?" She included a link to an ABC article that reported that President Trump was ordered to pay $2 million for using foundation money to promote his presidential campaign and pay off business debts.
The fight seemingly ended with a retort from Trump Jr.: "What's it like to draw a paycheck from a network that not only protected pedophile-rapist Jeffery [sic] Epstein, but then retaliated against the courageous female whistleblower by pressuring CBS to fire her?"
Earlier in the week, a leaked video showed an ABC
Hostin has yet to respond to Trump Jr.'s latest call-out on Twitter.
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