The NBC News Division was the first news team to possess the tape of Donald Trump recorded by "Access Hollywood", after a producer of the NBC show had made the News Division aware of it; the News Division internally debated publishing it for three days, and then an unidentified source gave a copy of the tape to "The Washington Post" Reporter David Fahrenthold, who contacted NBC for comment, notified the Trump campaign that he had the video, obtained confirmation of its authenticity, and released a story and the tape itself, scooping NBC. Alerted that the "Post" might release the story immediately, NBC News released its own story shortly after the "Post" story was published.