Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin doubled down on her reporting that confirmed key details of an article from The Atlantic that alleged that President Trump disparaged World War I veterans during a 2018 trip to France.
“I can tell you that my sources are unimpeachable,” Griffin said on the air Saturday. “I feel very confident with what we have reported at Fox.”
The Atlantic article published Thursday alleged that Trump referred to slain American soldiers buried at a French cemetery as “losers” and “suckers.” The administration has vehemently denied the claims, though Fox and other outlets were able to confirm key details.
“Not every line of the Atlantic article did I confirm, but I would say that most of the descriptions and the quotes in that Atlantic article, I did find people who were able to confirm, and so I feel very confident in my reporting,” Griffin said.
The president lashed out at Griffin in an earlier tweet after she initially reported that her sources confirmed details of the Atlantic report, calling for her to be fired from the network, which the president is known to be a fan of.
GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) came to Griffin’s defense on Saturday, calling her “one of my favorite reporters. Fair and unafraid.”
“It is always better when people come on camera, but you can see how people get destroyed when they get crosswise with the president when they come out, and so people are reluctant,” Griffin said Saturday. “They’ve seen the language used to describe people and the way Twitter has been weaponized against them, and I think they just don’t feel they need that kind of grief right now.
“What they are saying they feel very strongly is accurate,” she added. “They were there, and I’m a reporter, and it is my job to report what I heard.”
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Fox News reporter defends confirming Atlantic piece despite Trump backlash: "I feel very confident" https://t.co/o2xLiPUx58 pic.twitter.com/sDqsRysV3e
— The Hill (@thehill) September 5, 2020
4 PM hour – Griffin is not invited to break her story. John Roberts emphasizes three times that his sources deny the report, including John Bolton. pic.twitter.com/1rJuNQWiBf
— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) September 5, 20206 PM hour — Press conference ends and Bret Baier breaks in, John Roberts reports first, AGAIN saying his sources are denying it. https://t.co/Y6AogtORoh
— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) September 5, 2020Baier goes BACK to John Roberts: “One would think [Bolton] would put this in the book if he heard it, right?” Roberts, in his third on air appearance since 4 pm, says his sources deny the story. pic.twitter.com/tk95VszT2v
— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) September 5, 2020Steve Hayes, 3 hours later, is the only person to bring up Griffin’s reporting outside of her own reporting. Bret Baier pushes back on Hayes by citing Roberts reporting. pic.twitter.com/ct5qPI4p5C
— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) September 5, 2020Here’s how they open 7 PM. They play the Bolton clip, don’t mention Griffin. She does not appear on air during the hour. pic.twitter.com/knvpKbVY15
— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) September 5, 2020Pure, unadulterated propaganda. pic.twitter.com/Pvb03omA5O
— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) September 5, 202010 PM — pre-taped Ingraham Angle “special." No Griffin. pic.twitter.com/8odZ3zg7mH
— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) September 5, 202010 PM — pre-taped Ingraham Angle “special." No Griffin. pic.twitter.com/8odZ3zg7mH
— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) September 5, 202011 PM – Trump calls for Griffin’s firing, putting her personal, physical well-being in danger.https://t.co/fGWmDDsEgO
— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) September 5, 2020It's now the next day.
Fox News has not made any statement defending the First Amendment rights of their reporter.
— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) September 5, 2020This, from mediaite, is lazy bullshit. https://t.co/nw4lOAZYBT
— Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline) September 5, 2020Trump can deny and lash out at Griffin, Fox News, the Atlantic, Goldberg and anyone else he likes, but the damage is done. Voters not part of is cult and particularly active and retired military/vets believe he said these things. I think more than a few voters who might have voted for Trump up until this past week are thinking twice. This may be for many of them the final straw.
Anti-Anti-Trump isn't gonna like this one bit. https://t.co/FhsjVJibpT
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 6, 2020
I guess that retraction isn't coming anytime soon https://t.co/0tCurInaR1
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 6, 2020
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