FAKE JAKE SQUIRMS! Stephen A. Smith Asks Tapper If New Book is a 'Money Grab' [WATCH]

Tapper says it’s “not the case.”

This week, legendary ESPN host and reluctant potential 2028 presidential candidate Stephen A. Smith asked CNN anchor Jake Tapper if his new book on Biden’s decline is a “money grab.”

Tapper got visibly uncomfortable.

“In terms of the left, it’s ‘a money grab’ — I mean, that’s not the case. It’s not,” Tapper said. “This is — I don’t — I don’t want to get into where my money comes from, but I — I’m, you know, CNN is my main job and that’s where my main source of income — by far.”

“Very few people write books to make money. You write a book because you want to say something. You want to have a legacy, you want to uncover something, you have a message you want to get out there,” he continued. “I don’t think people write books about Joe Biden to make money. We are — we are gratified that people are buying this book — but, but, I don’t think — I mean, the idea that I would do this for money is — is — it’s just — it’s silly and not true.”

Watch the clip below:

🚨NEW: Jake Tapper visibly uncomfortable as he STAMMERS defending against claims his "Original Sin" book is a "money grab"🚨@DailyCaller pic.twitter.com/baRohbycaE

— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) May 28, 2025

NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo lit up Tapper last week, alleging that the CNN anchor’s book on Biden’s health cover-up is, in itself, a cover-up.

“I do believe the book is a cover for something. It’s a cover for something that’s much more serious to me than Biden’s age and stage ever were: the reality that many in the media knew damn well that Biden was losing it, but they played it down because they wanted Trump to lose more,” Cuomo said. “The original sin is not hiding Biden’s age and stage, but hiding this preference.”

🚨NEW: Chris Cuomo says Jake Tapper’s "Original Sin" book is itself a cover-up🚨

"It’s a cover for something that’s much more serious to me than Biden's age and stage ever were: the reality that many in the media knew d*mn well that Biden was losing it, but they played it down… pic.twitter.com/WGQ0FANaai

— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) May 21, 2025

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