New Facts: Maria Bartiromo Ousted for Disclosing Information
In mid-July, after Donald Trump delivered a prime-time speech on the election system, a Fox Business executive told show teams not to keep discussing it on air the next day. The executive producer of Mornings with Maria forwarded that guidance to Maria Bartiromo, and she passed it outside the network. Accounts differ on whether she sent a screenshot to a Trump associate or texted the guidance to White House officials.
The White House then challenged Fox over the decision not to carry the speech. Fox management treated the disclosure as a violation of her employment agreement and decided in August to remove her. Her exit was announced Sept. 3 as effective immediately, after a final on-air appearance Aug. 9.
Fox renamed Mornings with Maria to Mornings with Fox Business and Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street to FBN’s Wall Street, both with rotating anchors. Jason Chaffetz is filling in on Sunday Morning Futures. Bartiromo’s executive producer, Patrick Ignozzi, was also removed.
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