Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Clashes with Fox News Reporter Jennifer Griffin Over Iran Strikes

A heated exchange erupted yesterday during a news conference when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth launched a sharp attack on Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin. The confrontation unfolded as Griffin pressed Hegseth on the effectiveness of recent U.S. strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, questioning whether all highly enriched uranium had been secured.

Griffin challenged Hegseth’s assertion that the strikes had set back Iran’s nuclear program by years, specifically asking if satellite imagery showing trucks near the Fordow mountain site days prior indicated that highly enriched uranium might have been moved. In response, Hegseth, a former “Fox & Friends” co-host, accused Griffin of intentionally misrepresenting the President’s statements, calling her ‘the worst’ in her coverage.

Defending her journalistic integrity, Griffin retorted, ‘I was the first to report about the ventilation shafts on Saturday night. And, in fact, I was the first to describe the B-2 bombers, the refueling, the entire mission, with great accuracy. So I take issue with that.’ Hegseth subsequently reiterated his claim that the strikes constituted ‘the most complex and secretive military operation in history.’

Following the public dispute, Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume came to Griffin’s defense, stating that Hegseth’s attack was ‘unfair.’ Hume lauded Griffin’s ‘unmatched’ professionalism, knowledge, and experience at the Pentagon, expressing his high regard for his colleague.

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