White House Blasts Wolff Tell-All as 'Book of Ridiculous Lies', Trump Tweets 'Phony'

WASHINGTON – Author and journalist Michael Wolff's new book is continuing to cause controversy with White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders labeling it as a "ridiculous book of lies."

Publishers have sped up the release of the explosive book about the first year of Donald Trump's presidency. The controversial Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House is now set to release today.

The president was on Twitter last night shooting down the book's credibility.

Trump says he never spoke to the author. He tweeted saying, "I authorized zero access to the White House."

The president also says the book is full of "lies, misrepresentations and sources that don't exist."

I authorized Zero access to White House (actually turned him down many times) for author of phony book! I never spoke to him for book. Full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don’t exist. Look at this guy’s past and watch what happens to him and Sloppy Steve!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 5, 2018

The book includes quotes from fired White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon questioning the competency of both President Donald Trump and his advisers.

Speaking at Thursday's White House briefing, Sanders dismissed the book as being "complete fantasy and full of tabloid gossip," from "an author no one had ever heard of before."

"There are numerous examples of falsehoods that take place in the book," Sanders charged. "There are numerous mistakes, but I'm not going to waste my time or the country's time going page by page, talking about a book that's complete fantasy and just full of tabloid gossip, because it's sad, pathetic, and our administration and our focus is going to be on moving the country forward."

Meanwhile, the president noted that Bannon spoke favorably of him on his Breitbart radio show Wednesday night.

"He called me a great man last night," Trump said, adding that his counter-attack had its desired outcome. "He obviously changed his tune pretty quick."