Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE Jr. slammed ABC News on Saturday for its correction of an explosive report saying candidate Donald Trump instructed former national security adviser Michael Flynn to make contact with Russians officials.

"@ABC retracts their misleading “bombshell” and removes their tweet approximately 12 hours after they knew it to be false. I know it’s rare for you guys to get more than 200 RTs so I guess you milk it when you can?!?! #fakenews," the president's son tweeted.

.@ABC retracts their misleading “bombshell” and removes their tweet approximately 12 hours after they knew it to be false. I know it’s rare for you guys to get more than 200 RTs so I guess you milk it when you can?!?! #fakenews — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) December 2, 2017

The corrected report came after Flynn pleaded guilty for lying to the FBI about his communications with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, which happened prior to Trump taking office. He reportedly discussed sanctions and a United Nations vote with Kislyak.

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An original report said then-candidate Trump directed Flynn's communication. After a report saying Flynn would testify against his former boss surfaced, stocks plunged.

The report aired on television and was seen on Twitter, but the details about when Trump allegedly directed Flynn to contact Russia were not included in an online report.

ABC News issued a correction later on Friday that Trump had reportedly "directed Flynn to contact Russian officials on topics that included working jointly against ISIS" during the transition, after he had won the election, rather than during the campaign.

CORRECTION of ABC News Special Report: Flynn prepared to testify that President-elect Donald Trump directed him to make contact with the Russians *during the transition* -- initially as a way to work together to fight ISIS in Syria, confidant now says. https://t.co/ewrkVZTu2K pic.twitter.com/URLiHf3uSm — ABC News (@ABC) December 1, 2017

The error drew blowback from conservatives and journalists alike.

This is a huge blunder by ABC today and it impacted the market today-getting it right is key: “ABC News Issues On-Air Clarification to Report About Flynn Russian Outreach and Trump | Mediaite https://t.co/5cHVbBeaQP — Greta Van Susteren (@greta) December 1, 2017

.@ABC “news” owes it viewers an apology. Calling false reporting a “clarification” is a cop out and just another reason for the decline in trust of the media — Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) December 1, 2017