"Read My Book" :Interview Turns Into A Shouting Match After Author Wolff Accuses CNN's Michael Smerconish of Doing White House’s Work’

A CNN anchor blasted author Michael Wolff on Saturday for "misrepresenting" himself at the outset of his project in order to gain access to the White House, citing emails in which Wolff allegedly promised to "humanize Donald Trump."Wolff, the man behind the new tell-all book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, accused CNN of siding with the president when anchor Michael Smerconish questioned the methods he used to get inside the West Wing."You're doing the work of the White House to discredit this book. The White House wants to discredit this book," Wolff said in the contentious interview.It sounds like you’re presenting yourself as an individual who has [Trump’s] best interest at heart, likes him, wants to show a more humanizing side of him and for that reason you should be given access,” Smerconish said. “It becomes relevant, because many of us who read the book, and I read the book, are trying to understand where the White House denies it, well what’s true and what’s not true? And, therefore, your level of veracity in walking in the door becomes significant.”“And I’m missing — so what are you implying here?” Wolff asked. “That’s exactly what I had in mind to do, it was open your kimono, let me see.”