{"id":1506481,"date":"2022-06-07T12:35:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T16:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1506481"},"modified":"2022-06-07T12:35:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T16:35:44","slug":"former-abc-news-president-hired-to-promote-jan-6-hearings-was-in-charge-when-network-allegedly-buried-epstein-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-abc-news-president-hired-to-promote-jan-6-hearings-was-in-charge-when-network-allegedly-buried-epstein-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Former ABC News President Hired To Promote Jan. 6 Hearings Was In Charge When Network Allegedly Buried Epstein Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/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%2Fformer-abc-news-president-hired-to-promote-jan-6-hearings-was-in-charge-when-network-allegedly-buried-epstein-story%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=1506481&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>The committee investigating the Capitol riot has hired a man to publicize their findings whose former network allegedly buried coverage of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein under his leadership, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers on the Democrat-led Jan. 6 committee have hired the former president of ABC News, James Goldston, to promote its findings as a \u201cblockbuster investigative special,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/newsletters\/axios-am-047a583d-c615-4c68-8351-eb4cf5698698.html?chunk=0&#038;utm_term=twsocialshare#story0\">Axios reported<\/a>.\u00a0Goldston, who did not respond to requests for comment from The Daily Wire, reportedly intends to portray the findings in a way that will draw the attention of both journalists and less-keyed-in Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats have turned to the former ABC News exec, under whose leadership ABC spiked a story on Jeffrey Epstein, to choreograph their Jan 6 political theatre,\u201d McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gopleader\/status\/1533908533489573889?s=21\">tweeted Monday afternoon.<\/a> The GOP leader also highlighted one of his November 2019 tweets that expressed deep concerns that \u201cABC News chose to bury the truth about Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s role in human trafficking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goldston <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/01\/28\/james-goldston-veteran-abc-news-chief-resigns-suddenly\/?_ga=2.248029703.1845148061.1654516045-92658999.1640623264\">resigned from his position<\/a> as president of the news division in 2021 after working for ABC for 17 years, saying that it was a \u201creally tough decision\u201d but that it was time for a change after the chaotic election cycle. ABC did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am deeply concerned that ABC News chose to bury the truth about Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s role in human trafficking. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDougCollins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepDougCollins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMcCaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMcCaul<\/a> and I sent a letter to the President of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ABC<\/a> News requesting more information about their enabling of Mr. Epstein. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AVqfZKqmt6\">pic.twitter.com\/AVqfZKqmt6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1196464431770804224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Project Veritas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.projectveritas.com\/news\/video-leaked-insider-recording-from-abc-news-reveals-network-executives-killed-bombshell-story-implicating-jeffrey-epstein\/\">published a leaked video in 2019<\/a> showing ABC News anchor Amy Robach complaining to a colleague about ABC failing to air her 2015 \u00a0interview with Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre. The leak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/08\/22\/753390385\/a-dead-cat-a-lawyers-call-and-a-5-figure-donation-how-media-fell-short-on-epstei\">followed an NPR story<\/a> that confirmed the Giuffre interview existed and ABC had failed to publish it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had the story for three years,\u201d Robach said in the video, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/11\/05\/776482189\/abc-news-defends-its-epstein-coverage-after-leaked-video-of-anchor\">according to NPR<\/a>. \u201cWe would not put it on the air. Um, first of all, I was told, \u2018Who was Jeffrey Epstein? No one knows who that is. This is a stupid story.\u2019 Then the palace found out that we had her whole allegations about Prince Andrew and threatened us a million different ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried for three years to get it out to no avail, and now these new revelations and \u2014 I freaking had all of it,\u201d Robach continues, the publication reported. \u201cI\u2019m so pissed right now. Like, every day I get more and more pissed, \u2019cause I\u2019m just like, \u2018Oh my God! It was \u2014 what we had, was unreal.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She mentioned in the leaked video that Giuffre had referenced multiple high profile men in the interview, including former President Bill Clinton, Epstein\u2019s cohort Ghislaine Maxwell, and Harvard University law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz (who reportedly called up ABC and requested that the network refrain from airing the interview).<\/p>\n<p>Robach\u2019s comments prompted speculation that ABC had caved to threats from those in powerful places with ties to Epstein who sought to protect themselves, such as Prince Andrew, to whom Giuffre claims Epstein trafficked her for sex (the prince has denied these allegations).<\/p>\n<p>Robach and ABC itself said in statements at the time that they did not air the interview because they could not corroborate some of Giuffre\u2019s key charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the Epstein story continued to unfold last summer, I was caught in a private moment of frustration. I was upset that an important interview I had conducted with Virginia Roberts [Giuffre] didn\u2019t air because we could not obtain sufficient corroborating evidence to meet ABC\u2019s editorial standards about her allegations,\u201d Robach said, according to NPR. \u201cThe interview itself, while I was disappointed it didn\u2019t air, didn\u2019t meet our standards. In the years since no one ever told me or the team to stop reporting on Jeffrey Epstein, and we have continued to aggressively pursue this important story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ABC also said in a statement that \u201cat\u00a0the time, not all of our reporting met our standards to air, but we have never stopped investigating the story. Ever since we\u2019ve had a team on this investigation and substantial resources dedicated to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robach, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/08\/22\/753390385\/a-dead-cat-a-lawyers-call-and-a-5-figure-donation-how-media-fell-short-on-epstei\">told NPR in 2019<\/a> that she really \u201cwanted a spotlight shone on [Epstein] and the others who acted with him and enabled his vile and shameless conduct against young girls and young women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI viewed the ABC interview as a potential game-changer,\u201d she told the publication. \u201cAppearing on ABC with its wide viewership would have been the first time for me to speak out against the government for basically looking the other way and to describe the anger and betrayal victims felt.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The committee investigating the Capitol riot has hired a man to publicize their findings whose former network allegedly buried coverage of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein under his leadership, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday. 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