{"id":1174286,"date":"2021-12-31T01:04:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T06:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1174286"},"modified":"2021-12-31T01:04:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T06:04:54","slug":"jake-tapper-silent-as-child-exploitation-squad-investigates-former-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-tapper-silent-as-child-exploitation-squad-investigates-former-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Tapper Silent as Child Exploitation Squad Investigates Former Producer"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjake-tapper-silent-as-child-exploitation-squad-investigates-former-producer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1174286&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">CNN anchor Jake Tapper has issued no formal statement after it was revealed that police are now investigating his former producer for crimes involving \u201cjuvenile victims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in December, Project Veritas revealed audio and text messages allegedly from Rick Saleeby,&nbsp;a former senior producer for CNN\u2019s&nbsp;<em>The Lead with Jake Tapper,<\/em>&nbsp;showing him fantasizing about sex acts with his former fianc\u00e9\u2019s underaged daughter. On Tuesday, Fairfax County police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectveritas.com\/news\/jake-tappers-producer-rick-saleeby-appears-in-virginia-court-refuses-comment\/\">confirmed<\/a> that Saleeby is being investigated by the child exploitation squad:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Fairfax County Police Department has launched an investigation into serious allegations involving potential juvenile victims. Detectives assigned to the Child Exploitation Squad of the Major Crimes Bureau are leading the investigation. While we will eventually be transparent about our findings, safeguarding the personal privacy and safety of victims and witnesses as well as maintaining the integrity of our criminal investigation are of paramount importance.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The department did not give any further information and Saleeby declined to comment. Though a CNN spokesman&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mdornic\/status\/1476249906276880385?s=20\">confirmed<\/a>&nbsp;Saleeby \u201cresigned from his position weeks ago,\u201d Tapper has issued no statement about the investigation into his former producer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19313682\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/12\/jaketapperRickSaleeby1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19313682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jaketapperRickSaleeby1-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"658\" height=\"493\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jake Tapper \/ Rick Saleeby (Kirk Irwin\/Getty Images for SiriusXM\/Twitter via New York Post)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As John Nolte of Breitbart News<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2019\/10\/25\/nolte-jake-tapper-runs-from-questions-about-cnn-sex-misconduct-allegations\/\"> pointed out<\/a> in 2019, Tapper also avoided questions when former&nbsp;CNN supervising producer&nbsp;Steve Brusk was <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/steve-brusk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">accused<\/a> by Project Veritas of alleged sexual misconduct:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Look at that \u2026 All of a sudden the self-proclaimed Captain of Chivalry, the Male Feminist of all Male Feminists, Mr. Squeaky Clean, Mr. Ethics and Virtue, Mr.&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/jake-tapper-bill-oreilly-sexual-harassment-ratings-2017-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Fox News<\/a><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/tapper-calls-out-fox-news-hypocrisy-on-weinstein-coverage-harassment-part-of-the-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Is a<\/a><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-fix\/wp\/2017\/04\/20\/jake-tapper-asked-whether-sarah-palin-was-harassed-at-fox-news-she-didnt-exactly-say-no\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Cesspool<\/a>&nbsp;of Rape \u2026 All of a sudden when he has skin in the game, when #BelieveAllWomen becomes inconvenient to his status and income, he runs away like a sleazy politician, like a Company Man, like just another white cis-gendered member of the CNN\u2019s Patriarchy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fox News, NBC, the Daily Beast, and TheWrap have all covered the Saleeby story, while CBS News and ABC News have yet to report on it. The investigation into Saleeby\u2019s alleged conduct comes nearly a month after another CNN producer, John Griffin, was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/cnn-staffer-charged-with-enticing-women-and-their-underage-daughters-to-engage-in-sexual-activity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indicted&nbsp;<\/a>by a grand jury for seeking to&nbsp;\u201cinduce minors to engage in unlawful sexual activity.\u201d Griffin, who was immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/cnn-fires-producer-john-griffin-after-he-accused-grooming-girls-sex-1659439\">fired<\/a> by the network, had previously worked as a producer for CNN host Chris Cuomo before he was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/30\/fredo-gone-trump-celebrates-chris-cuomo-suspension-cnn\/\"> fired<\/a> for&nbsp;allegedly aiding his brother\u2019s efforts to discredit his #MeToo accuser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN anchor Jake Tapper has issued no formal statement after it was revealed that police are now investigating his former producer for crimes involving \u201cjuvenile victims.\u201d Earlier in December, Project &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1174286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1174286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1174286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1174286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1174286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}