PJ Media . . . "According to a report from the media newsletter Status, Fox dismissed the longtime anchor after learning she had secretly told the White House that network bosses ordered staff not to cover President Donald Trump's July speech on election interference in the 2020 election.
"Dylan Byers of Puck News reports the same thing, citing multiple sources.
NEW: The Maria Bartiromo backstory, per multiple sources familiar....
Maria Bartiromo wanted to pursue a story related to China and 2020 election voting conspiracies... a major sensitivity for the network given its Dominion and Smartmatic lawsuits.
A Fox Business executive sent…
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) September 3, 2026
"He also reveals that Bartiromo was fired on August 9 and has since retained Bryan Freedman as her lawyer.
"In the speech, Trump laid out a case that China had compromised voting machines, bribed American journalists, and run a fake ballot scheme designed to inflate Joe Biden's vote total in 2020. Trump also said the intelligence community had evidence the meddling was coming, then evidence that it happened, and buried both." . . .
Statement From Maria Bartiromo's Lawyer Contradicts Reports of Her Parting Ways With Fox (Updated) – RedState . . . "We're getting a clearer picture of what may have led to the abrupt firing of longtime Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Thursday – and if the latest reporting is accurate, it wasn't just a simple editorial disagreement.
According to multiple sources familiar with what transpired, Bartiromo wanted to do a story on China and its involvement in election-related conspiracy claims during the 2020 presidential election, a sensitive subject for Fox given the network's costly Dominion settlement and ongoing Smartmatic litigation. An executive with Fox Business reportedly sent producers a message making it clear that the story would not air." More...
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