Fox News Star Defends Colleague Attacked By Pete Hegseth
Brit Hume vigorously defended Fox News colleague Jennifer Griffin after she was attacked by Fox News alum Pete Hegseth at a press conference Thursday. (Watch the video below.)
Hegseth, who graduated from the curvy couch of 'Fox & Friends' to defense secretary under President Donald Trump, called Griffin, the network's chief national security correspondent, 'the worst' in distorting Trump's words.
On 'America's Newsroom' shortly after the tense exchange in a press conference about the U.S. bombing of Iran nuclear sites, Hume asked anchor Dana Perino for a moment.
'I'd like to say a word if I may, Dana, about Jennifer Griffin, who was attacked by the defense secretary today. An attack she certainly, in my view, did not deserve,' Hume said. 'Her professionalism, her knowledge and her experience at the Pentagon is unmatched, and I have had and still have the greatest regard for her. The attack on her was unfair.'
Hegseth was still attempting damage control after an early Pentagon report was leaked that contradicted the president's claim that the bombing mission obliterated Iran's nuclear program.
When Griffin asked him about a determination that Iran may have moved its highly enriched uranium before the strike, Hegseth got personal.
'Of course, we're watching every single aspect,' Hegseth replied. 'But Jennifer, you've been about the worst, the one who misrepresents the most intentionally what the president says.'
Griffin defended her coverage and said, 'I take issue with that.'
She later appeared on 'Fox & Friends,' where she noted that Hegseth came out 'quite so emotionally against the press' before shifting to Iran's retaliatory strike on a U.S. base in Qatar.
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