This story was originally published by the WND News Center.

President Donald Trump's Veterans Affairs secretary, Doug Collins, was invited to CNN to be interviewed, apparently about veterans issues since that is his area of responsibility.

Reporter Kaitlin Collins (no relation) tried to go down another path, insisting repeatedly that he answer questions about a media-related scandal in which a reporter claimed to have been incorrectly added to a chat group discussing the administration's plans in the Middle East.

Doug Collins pointed out he was not involved and couldn't respond.

Kaitlin Collins insisted he speculate anyway.

So he turned the questioning around, and started grilling her about CNN's mistreatment of veterans.

The Gateway Pundit explained the topic about which Kaitlin Collins wanted a response: "Jeffrey Goldberg, the Trump-hating editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, claimed he was 'accidentally' added to a secure Signal group chat by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz where top Trump administration officials discussed sensitive military operations against Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen and called them 'war plans.'"

Actually, the publication later changed its description to "attack plans."

Doug Collins explained he was not involved in that issue.

And he explained that a second time.

The Daily Pundit said, "But Kaitlan continued to badger the VA secretary about the overblown signal chat incident. Instead of playing her game, Doug turned the tables on her by asking a damning question."

He said, "Well, Kaitlan, since you do not want to talk about the VA, I have a question as VA secretary I want to ask you. I would like to know why CNN is hostile to veterans, especially one in Florida where you just had a $5 million defamation suit who was just trying to help people. In fact, one of your employees said, 'We are going to nail him.' I have a question for you, Kaitlan: Is that employee still employed? Are you really concerned about veterans?"

Eventually, Kaitlin Collins said she was the one "asking the questions" and she was "not involved."

A jury recently awarded U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young $5 million for CNN's 2021 characterization that he was, essentially, a black market operator exploiting Afghans trying to leave their country during Joe Biden's disastrous pullout of American military personnel.