• A TV network has confirmed that its call with Trump was genuine.
  • In a phone-in on Real America's Voice, the caller sounded glitchy and stilted. 
  • This raised doubts among commenters about whether it was AI-generated. 

A pro-Trump news network has confirmed that a telephone interview with the former president was genuine.

Real America's Voice streamed the audio-only interview on Thursday, with hosts John Solomon and Amanda Head.

It saw Trump repeating familiar talking points — casting President Joe Biden as corrupt and saying the court cases against him are a "whole big conspiracy."

However, the voice is glitchy-sounding, with several breaks in the audio.

On Rumble, the video platform where the full interview is still online, numerous commenters immediately expressed doubt.

"Doesn't sound like my President ??????" wrote one. "That sounds nothing like Trump. he is slurring his words. cadence is wrong. Diction is wrong. Tone is wrong," said another.

Another wrote: "his cadence is off it sounds like AI."

Later, representatives for the network confirmed the veracity of the call, according to The Daily Beast.

The outlet had cited a person identifying themselves as the network's founder, Robert Sigg, as saying he believed the interview could be AI-generated and would be investigating the matter.

The Daily Beast later reported this was not Robert Sigg, but a person who appeared to be impersonating him.

Reached by The Daily Beast, Solomon insisted the interview was real, saying that he set it up with Trump's staff.

Trump has given plenty of genuine phone-in interviews over the years, and increasingly favors smaller outlets which offer him uncritical support.Solomon said he discussed topics in advance with Trump's team and called them at the "right" place.

"It's not AI, it was President Trump," he told The Daily Beast. "You can call the staff and check with them yourself. It was definitely President Trump without any doubt."

A representative for Trump declined to comment when approached by Insider.

As of early Friday, Trump staffers appeared not to have commented on the veracity of the interview anywhere in public.

However, on Truth Social, the former president's account shared a short clip.

Real America's Voice is a right-leaning streaming, cable and satellite channel that has pushed talking points from the QAnon conspiracy theory and false claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.

Multiple AI Trump impersonators are available online, and a digital simulation of his voice has been used before.

In July, a super PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign confirmed to Insider that it had used "technology" to mimic the former president's voice in an ad, giving voice to words he had published on Truth Social.

Representatives for Real America's Voice and its owner, Performance One Media LLC, did not respond to Insider's out-of-hours requests for comment.

Correction: September 1, 2023 — An earlier version of this story included quotes which appear to be part of a hoax. The Daily Beast attributed comments to Real America's Voice founder Robert Sigg casting doubt that the Trump interview was real. It later removed them and said the network denied they were from Sigg.