Lara Trump reveals story behind CNN anchor Jake Tapper's 'a little bit too late' apology

Since releasing the damning publication connected the Biden presidency "Original Sin" earlier successful May, CNN anchor Jake Tapper has faced scrutiny for his past sum of erstwhile President Joe Biden's alleged diminution successful office.

Although Tapper has admitted to insufficiently reporting connected Biden’s wellness concerns, the CNN anchor went connected to apologize to Fox News big Lara Trump, whom helium antecedently rebuked for raising concerns successful 2020. 

While Trump does "appreciate" the apology, she said "it feels a small spot excessively late."

"Jake Tapper saying that this is similar a Watergate-level benignant of situation, present that helium played a relation successful it, it feels a small spot excessively precocious to me. I bash admit that helium did support his word, though, and has travel retired and said that I was right," Trump said Tuesday connected "The Ingraham Angle." 

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Trump said Tapper called her astir 2 months up of the merchandise of "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again." During the call, helium told Trump helium would apologize connected TV for his exchange with Trump successful October 2020 connected CNN. 

During an October 2020 occurrence of "State of the Union," Trump raised concerns astir then-candidate Biden’s intelligence acuity, but Tapper rapidly rebuked her for her comments.

"I deliberation you were mocking his stutter," Tapper said, successful part, astatine the time. "And I deliberation you person perfectly nary lasting to diagnose somebody's cognitive decline." 

Five years later, Tapper admitted Trump was "right," reiterating the admittance during an quality connected "Piers Morgan Uncensored" this week.

"Knowing what we cognize now, and looking backmost connected that interview, which I consciousness tremendous humility about, she [Lara Trump] was right, and I was wrong. I did not see, successful the moments helium was having, I did not spot that arsenic cognitive decline," Tapper said during Monday's show, claiming that the Biden cover-up was "worse" than the Watergate scandal. 

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While Tapper has been vocal astir his anterior reporting, Trump argued helium cannot "discount his role" successful the unfolding Biden presidency scandal.

"No substance however overmuch helium wants to travel retired present and say, 'You cognize what, we're going to commencement calling the shots similar we spot them really now.' It's excessively late," Trump told Fox News big Laura Ingraham.

"You can't bash this clip and clip again to radical and proceed to prevarication to radical successful the mode they did and deliberation that you're going to get immoderate antithetic result. It's the crushed Donald Trump is successful the White House close now," she continued.

Fox News Digital's Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.