New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman said Friday that author Michael Wolff “gets basic details wrong” in his new controversial book about President Trump.

“I can see several places in the book that are wrong. So for instance, he inaccurately describes a report in The New York Times. He inaccurately characterizes a couple of incidents that took place early on in the administration. He gets basic details wrong,” Ms. Haberman said on CNN.

Ms. Haberman was on the campaign trail in 2016 and has covered the White House since Mr. Trump took office.

She said the reason for the inaccuracies in Mr. Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” is that he has a similar demeanor to Mr. Trump and did not make the extra effort to check facts.

“Michael Wolff and Donald Trump are not dissimilar people. I mean, there is a reason they knew each other before the president became the president. Wolff privately refers to him as Donald, not Trump or the president or so forth,” she said.

The book details a chaotic administration and paints an unflattering picture of the president and his aides. Mr. Trump has denied participating in the book.

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