INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
presidency, accusing him of "making up" stories.Bernstein and Bob Woodward led the Washington Post team that investigated the 1972 break-in
at the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate complex, which eventually led back to the White House, prompting a scandal that forced
Nixon to resign in 1974."Sloppy @carlbernstein, a man who lives in the past and thinks like a degenerate fool, making up story after story,
is being laughed at all over the country!" Trump tweeted.He also slammed CNN -- a frequent target of criticism from the president -- saying
that the network "is being torn apart from within based on their being caught in a major lie and refusing to admit the mistake."Bernstein
was one of the reporters on a CNN story that cited sources as saying Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen claimed the US president knew in
advance about a June 2016 meeting in which Russians were expected to share dirt on then-election rival Hillary Clinton.The story has since
been called into question as one of the sources -- Cohen's own lawyer Lanny Davis -- recanted, but the network has stood by it.The network
hit back, replying to Trump's tweet."Make no mistake, Mr
President, CNN does not lie
And we report when people in power tell lies
CNN stands by our reporting and our reporters
There may be many fools in this story but @carlbernstein is not one of them," it said.Trump's attack on Bernstein comes as the White House
braces for the release of a book by Woodward."Fear: Trump in the White House," which comes out on September 11, "reveals in unprecedented
detail the harrowing life inside Donald Trump's White House and how the president makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies,"
publisher Simon Schuster said.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from
