CNN Fact-Checks Katie Porter Over 2 Unverified Attacks on Steyer and Becerra
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Updated · Fox News · May 11
CNN Fact-Checks Katie Porter Over 2 Unverified Attacks on Steyer and Becerra
4 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 11
Dana Bash closed Monday’s CNN interview by saying the network had no evidence for Porter’s claim that Tom Steyer leaked a damaging staff video from five years ago.
Porter also argued Xavier Becerra could imperil Democrats in California’s top-two governor primary, suggesting he could still be implicated in a corruption case despite acknowledging, “I do not have the facts here.”
Steyer’s campaign denied any role in the video leak, while a Becerra spokesperson said the FBI had already reviewed the matter and found no wrongdoing.
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