Fox Fact-Checks Trump’s Lie About NOLA Terrorist

Mediaite reports:

Fox News correspondent David Spunt pushed back on President-elect Donald Trump with a fact-check of his insinuation that the suspect in Wednesday’s New Orleans attack was one of many “criminals coming in” to the United States.

During a live broadcast, Spunt read out President Joe Biden’s statement, and Trump’s to Your World hosts in the studio before drawing a clear line between the president-elect’s words and the confirmed facts about the terror suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar.

“To be clear, Molly and Brian, the suspect was born in the United States. He served in the United States Army. He was a veteran.”

Read the full article. Fox’s fact-check comes after they themselves retracted a false report that the truck used by the NOLA attacker had crossed the Texas border two days earlier.

He could not wait for the facts before falsely implying that the terrorist in the horrendous New Orleans attack this morning was an illegal immigrant.
The perpetrator was an American citizen from Texas; a U.S. Army veteran.
The “Fake News” was Trump’s. https://t.co/9S3UavETKC

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) January 1, 2025

Fox News Fact Checks Trump’s False Claim About New Orleans Attacker Immigration Status: ‘To Be Clear…’ https://t.co/jt6NHOVplF

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) January 2, 2025