Overview
- On Nov. 14 aboard Air Force One, President Trump told Bloomberg correspondent Catherine Lucey “quiet, piggy” after she pressed him on Jeffrey Epstein-related records.
- During Maher’s Club Random podcast, Lara Trump questioned whether the word was used, and Maher replied that he had watched the incident on tape.
- Lara Trump later said “Donald Trump is not perfect,” a comment that kept the exchange in the spotlight as the clip continued to circulate.
- A White House official said the reporter behaved in an “inappropriate and unprofessional” way, and press secretary Karoline Leavitt framed the president’s approach as frank and transparent.
- Some supporters have claimed he said a different word such as “Peggy” or “McGee,” though multiple outlets reported recordings that captured the “piggy” phrasing, which followed questions about Epstein files Trump has since ordered released by law.