White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt publicly rebuked CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand, accusing her of spreading "false narratives" in a report about leaked U.S. intelligence on strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities. Leavitt’s comments came just after President Trump called for Bertrand’s firing, escalating tensions between the press and the administration. CNN and anchor Jake Tapper defended Bertrand, stating her reporting was both accurate and in the public interest. The clash underscores growing hostility between the Trump-aligned White House and mainstream media outlets.
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00:00And the entirety of that assessment was not leaked to the media, only tidbits of that assessment were leaked to CNN. And we have seen this playbook run before, where you have people in the intelligence community or perhaps on Capitol Hill, we don't know, but I believe the FBI is investigating to find out who that leaker was.
00:18This was a low confidence, preliminary intelligence assessment. And the entirety of that assessment was not leaked to the media, only tidbits of that assessment were leaked to CNN. And we have seen this playbook run before, where you have people in the intelligence community or perhaps on Capitol Hill, we don't know, but I believe the FBI is investigating to find out who that leaker was, because it's illegal, and they should be held accountable for that.
00:43leaked bits and pieces of an intel assessment to push a false narrative. And it's to the same reporter, I will add, Natasha Bertrand of CNN, who has done this in the past. In 2020, it was Natasha Bertrand who had 51 intelligence analysts falsely lie to her, but she still put it on paper for some reason, that the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation. We all know that's not true, right? We can all agree on that now. That was a lie from the intelligence community.
01:10Also in 2020, this same reporter, Natasha Bertrand, wrote that a top intel agency ruled out the man-made lab leak theory of the coronavirus origins. Again, the president was right about that. This reporter wrote a lie from the intelligence community to seek a narrative she wanted to prove. And guess what? We now know that's the truth.
01:30Also in 2024, Bertrand pushed the suckers and losers hoax. She also pushed the fine people hoax, which was taking the president's words purposely out of context. And then last October, and I believe this is notable, Natasha Bertrand published an article in Politico from the intelligence agency.
01:49She said that John Ratcliffe was speaking without any evidence when he said Iran was attempting to undermine President Trump's presidential campaign. And then we of course found out that was absolutely true. In fact, the Biden administration declassed an intel report, which said they had high confidence that Iran had done exactly what Ratcliffe alleged.
02:09They did run an influence campaign to hurt President Trump's candidacy. In fact, we know the Iranians tried to take President Trump's life. And so this is a reporter who has been unfortunately used by people who dislike Donald Trump in this government to push fake and false narratives.
02:24She should be ashamed of herself. And that's not what reporting is. Journalism is trying to find the facts and the truth. And this week we saw this same reporter being used to push a fake narrative to try to undermine the president of the United States and more importantly, the brave fighter pilots who conducted one of the most successful operations in United States history.
02:43And I think the American people fully know that this operation was a complete and total success.
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