- The White House said the woman's laughter heard at the beginning of President Donald Trump's C-SPAN interview was leftover audio from a previous caller who hadn't disconnected.
- The audio glitch occurred Monday night as host Mimi Geerges connected President Trump for an eight-minute phone interview.
- Social media users and late-night comedians mocked the mystery sound, with several observers speculating the laugh belonged to Trump's personal aide Natalie Harp.
- Neither President Trump nor Geerges acknowledged the audio during the broadcast, though Trump later posted on Truth Social to refute a New York Times report claiming the call was unannounced.
- “The New York Times incorrectly reported that ‘Mr. Trump called into the premier of a C-Span show, APPARENTLY WITHOUT NOTICE.’ This is WRONG,” Trump wrote. “It was a fully scheduled call, as a favor to C-Span, set up through White House Communications. It was done at C-Span’s request, not mine. The Times knew this, but lied, in order to demean - But this is the least of their lies!”
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