On Tuesday, the sudden departure of Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo triggered speculation the 58-year-old could potentially joining the Trump administration . But a shocking backstory on what led to the firing has now put those speculations to rest.
The texts allegedly contained instructions to the staff about not amplifying Trump’s claims around the elections during his recent prime-time address on July 16- a key element of the SAVE America Act. Subsequently, she was pulled off the air on August 8 and later fired. Fox released a brief statement on her departure.
The first one emerged from the news outlet Status . It stated that Fox fired Maria Bartiromo after she allegedly leaked internal texts of Fox Network to the White House. The report claims a Fox Business executive sent a text saying that they could not run the story. Maria Bartiromo allegedly took a screenshot of the message and shared it with the White House.
Later, Dylan Byers of Puck News reported that Maria Bartiromo wanted to pursue a story related to China and 2020 election voting conspiracy theories amid the talks around the SAVE America Act.
The story allegedly was “sensitive” to the network because of the two ongoing lawsuits.
“I don’t know, man,” Vance said. “Whatever she does, she’s going to do great,” the Vice President continued. JD Vance was asked by a reporter directly if Maria Bartiromo could be the next White House press secretary. “No, I don’t think so. “And I wish her all the best. She’s a very very dear friend. I haven’t even talked to her, so I don’t know the backstory about why she’s decided to leave Fox News.”
