{"id":41311,"date":"2026-04-04T22:22:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T22:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=41311"},"modified":"2026-04-04T22:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T22:22:48","slug":"billy-bush-claims-abc-had-75-person-division-to-get-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=41311","title":{"rendered":"Billy Bush Claims ABC Had &#8217;75-Person Division&#8217; To &#8216;Get&#8217; Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"Paginator\">\n<header class=\"sc-lfRwAv pSqCT\">\n<div class=\"sc-hndrU icIUoY\"><span class=\"politics\">Politics<\/span><\/div>\n<figure class=\"sc-ksluoS jnYGUA\">\n<div class=\"sc-hBMVcZ foAbWl\">\n<div class=\"sc-fnVYJo jZjbnN\"><img data-mm-src=\"https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/uTTcwNEA9\/0x0\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-4-1775334888607.jpg\" alt=\"image and inset of Donald trump and billy bush\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/uTTcwNEA9\/480x251\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-4-1775334888607.jpg?position=top 480w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/uTTcwNEA9\/640x335\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-4-1775334888607.jpg?position=top 640w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/uTTcwNEA9\/768x402\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-4-1775334888607.jpg?position=top 768w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/uTTcwNEA9\/1024x536\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-4-1775334888607.jpg?position=top 1024w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/uTTcwNEA9\/1280x670\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-4-1775334888607.jpg?position=top 1280w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/uTTcwNEA9\/1440x753\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-4-1775334888607.jpg?position=top 1440w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/uTTcwNEA9\/1600x837\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-4-1775334888607.jpg?position=top 1600w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/uTTcwNEA9\/2160x1130\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-4-1775334888607.jpg?position=top 2160w\" data-sizes=\"100vw\" height=\"628\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sc-fFSRdu efvKbs\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-giAqnE haccci\"><span>Source: MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Billy Bush claims ABC had a &#8217;75-person division&#8217; to &#8216;get&#8217; Donald Trump during 2016 election.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-bTJPMs jOkeMf\">\n<div class=\"flexContainer\">\n<div class=\"flexContainer\">\n<div class=\"sc-hQYogJ iAyoZX\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/tilAcPLUi\/120x120\/img6587-1762268559682.jpeg\" alt=\"Profile Image\" class=\"sc-fTFLOO jxvOeh\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-dwxYxt eflEDT\">April 4 2026, Published 4:43 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"sc-dTSxUT dyQypj sc-gVFdEO kziYVQ\">\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-dTSxUT dyQypj sc-hkePoP hVImEU\">\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 data-header=\"true\" class=\"sc-flUlJl gvtwpJ\"\/>\n<figure class=\"sc-bYwzba cYmwOA\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"height:523px;overflow:hidden;width:350px\">\n<div data-external-embed=\"true\" data-mimetype=\"twitter\/tweet\" class=\"sc-ezzayL dvEEhY\"><template><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" align=\"center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: ABC News was just EXPOSED for having a 75-person division with the sole purpose of &#8220;getting&#8221; Trump in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know the guy who ran the division&#8230; Dedicated to basically getting him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Follow: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoLoudon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BoLoudon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RwTsEPJUDa\">pic.twitter.com\/RwTsEPJUDa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoLoudon\/status\/2040449993207595377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-giAqnE haccci\"><span>Source: @BoLoudon\/X<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Billy Bush appeared on a recent episode of Sean Hannity&#8217;s podcast.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-gkCpWe evoggL\">\n<p>&#8220;It was dedicated to basically getting [Trump]. And all the big network news all have different voices [over politics],&#8221; Bush continued. <\/p>\n<p>Bush and the president, 79, have quite the interesting relationship, as the broadcaster was <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/photos\/billy-bush-tells-all-trump-tape-leak\/\">fired<\/a> from NBC&#8217;s <em>Today<\/em> in 2016 after a <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/p\/billy-bush-trump-access-hollywood-tape-donald-trump\/\">tape of him talking with the politician in a 2005 interview<\/a> resurfaced.<\/p>\n<p>During the conversation two decades ago, Trump and Bush had a very NSFW chat about groping women.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-dTSxUT dyQypj sc-hkePoP hVImEU\">\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 data-header=\"true\" class=\"sc-flUlJl gvtwpJ\">Donald Trump and Billy Bush&#8217;s 2005 &#8216;Access Hollywood&#8217; Talk Altered the Journalist&#8217;s Career<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"sc-ksluoS jnYGUA\">\n<div class=\"sc-hBMVcZ foAbWl\">\n<div class=\"sc-fnVYJo dfXZyd\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/NBG_hFYqy\/0x0\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-3-1775334897177.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"image of billy bush\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/NBG_hFYqy\/480x270\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-3-1775334897177.jpg 480w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/NBG_hFYqy\/640x360\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-3-1775334897177.jpg 640w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/NBG_hFYqy\/768x432\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-3-1775334897177.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/NBG_hFYqy\/1024x576\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-3-1775334897177.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/NBG_hFYqy\/1280x720\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-3-1775334897177.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/NBG_hFYqy\/1440x810\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-3-1775334897177.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/NBG_hFYqy\/1600x900\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-3-1775334897177.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/NBG_hFYqy\/2160x1215\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-3-1775334897177.jpg 2160w\" sizes=\"100vw\" height=\"675\" fetchpriority=\"low\" class=\"sc-fFSRdu efvKbs\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-giAqnE haccci\"><span>Source: @BoLoudon\/X<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Billy Bush explained how ABC was instrumental in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-gkCpWe evoggL\">\n<p>Bush then looked back on the aftermath of the <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/photos\/billy-bush-trump-tape-scandal\/\">debacle during Hannity&#8217;s podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">&#8220;I drank like a fish, and, finally, after four months of, you know, drinking like crazy and just trying to numb, I went to a place called the Hoffman Process. And, ironically enough, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/p\/cheryl-hines-disappointed-donald-trump-won-election-2016\/\">Trump\u2019s first day in the Oval Office [in 2017] <\/a>\u2014 that was the day I checked in to a mental health retreat for nine days, like no phones, no nothing,&#8221; the journalist said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"sc-jHcYrh hanhiD\">\n<p>MORE ON:<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"sc-jLqSar MszUH\">\n<p class=\"sc-bUQzRK dZWmuA\">Want OK! each day? Sign up here!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-dTSxUT dyQypj sc-hkePoP hVImEU\">\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 data-header=\"true\" class=\"sc-flUlJl gvtwpJ\"\/>\n<figure class=\"sc-ksluoS jnYGUA\">\n<div class=\"sc-hBMVcZ foAbWl\">\n<div class=\"sc-fnVYJo dfXZyd\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/lNpo5I-Ig\/0x0\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-2-1775334912257.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"image of billy bush \" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/lNpo5I-Ig\/480x270\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-2-1775334912257.jpg 480w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/lNpo5I-Ig\/640x360\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-2-1775334912257.jpg 640w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/lNpo5I-Ig\/768x432\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-2-1775334912257.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/lNpo5I-Ig\/1024x576\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-2-1775334912257.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/lNpo5I-Ig\/1280x720\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-2-1775334912257.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/lNpo5I-Ig\/1440x810\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-2-1775334912257.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/lNpo5I-Ig\/1600x900\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-2-1775334912257.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/lNpo5I-Ig\/2160x1215\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-2-1775334912257.jpg 2160w\" sizes=\"100vw\" height=\"675\" fetchpriority=\"low\" class=\"sc-fFSRdu efvKbs\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-giAqnE haccci\"><span>Source: @BoLoudon\/X<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Billy Bush detailed his mental health after being fired from &#8216;Today&#8217; in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-gkCpWe evoggL\">\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">&#8220;It was all this was \u2014 just put one foot in front of the other. \u2026 And, look, the positive in all of it is \u2014 and people do say you\u2019ll be better than ever when you get through it. And, at the time, you want to say, \u2018Shut the f&#8212; up. You are crazy. Like, you have no idea what you\u2019re talking about,\u2019&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">&#8220;But the reason why they say it, and why it\u2019s an axiom that\u2019s been around as long as time, is that it is true,&#8221; Bush looked back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 data-header=\"true\" class=\"sc-flUlJl gvtwpJ\">Billy Bush Was Fired From &#8216;Today&#8217; in 2016 Due to the Tape <\/h2>\n<figure class=\"sc-ksluoS jnYGUA\">\n<div class=\"sc-hBMVcZ foAbWl\">\n<div class=\"sc-fnVYJo dfXZyd\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/xHJZA0FZF\/0x0\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-1-1775334906014.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"image of Donald trump\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/xHJZA0FZF\/480x270\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-1-1775334906014.jpg 480w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/xHJZA0FZF\/640x360\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-1-1775334906014.jpg 640w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/xHJZA0FZF\/768x432\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-1-1775334906014.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/xHJZA0FZF\/1024x576\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-1-1775334906014.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/xHJZA0FZF\/1280x720\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-1-1775334906014.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/xHJZA0FZF\/1440x810\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-1-1775334906014.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/xHJZA0FZF\/1600x900\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-1-1775334906014.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/media.okmagazine.com\/brand-img\/xHJZA0FZF\/2160x1215\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election-1-1775334906014.jpg 2160w\" sizes=\"100vw\" height=\"675\" fetchpriority=\"low\" class=\"sc-fFSRdu efvKbs\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-giAqnE haccci\"><span>Source: MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump first came into presidential office in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-gkCpWe evoggL\">\n<p>The former <em>Extra<\/em> host also candidly opened up about how the fallout from the 2005 <em>Access Hollywood<\/em> convo <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/p\/billy-bush-today-show-scandal-darkest-days\/\">led to him losing the <em>Today<\/em> job in an interview with<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/t\/rob-lowe\/\" style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>Rob Lowe<\/strong><\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">&#8220;I did everything I could think of to keep myself from jumping off the building, &#8217;cause I&#8217;m like \u2014 Rob, I was about to get a huge paycheck, my first really big paycheck,&#8221; Bush confessed. &#8220;I&#8217;m at the <em>Today<\/em> show. They still have money. They&#8217;re the last thing in linear television with real money on the news side.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/p\/billy-bush-abc-75-person-division-get-donald-trump-2016-election\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics Source: MEGA Billy Bush claims ABC had a &#8217;75-person division&#8217; to &#8216;get&#8217; Donald Trump during 2016 election. 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