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CNN Says It Stands “100% Behind” Correspondent Natasha Bertrand After Donald Trump Calls For Her Firing


Trump has hashed the network for reporting on an early intelligence assessment

After Donald Trump again attacked CNN and singled out correspondent Natasha Bertrand for her reporting on an early intel assessment of the Iran bombings, the network has responded by saying they stand “100% behind” her and her work. CNN was the first outlet to report on a Defense Intelligence Agency assessment that the U.S. bombing strikes on Iran on Saturday likely set the country’s nuclear program back only by months. Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, appeared to confirm the existence of the intelligence assessment in a statement she released on Tuesday, while taking issue with its findings.

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