Fox anchor Bret Baier on Clinton ‘indictment’ story: ‘It was a mistake, and for that I’m sorry’

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Source: Washington Post

Bret Baier is still trying to steer people away from his original report that an indictment was likely to result from the FBI's investigation of Clinton Foundation interactions with the State Department.

"That just wasn’t inartful," he said Friday. "It was a mistake and for that I’m sorry. I should have said they will continue to build their case. 'Indictment,' obviously, is a very loaded word, Jon, especially in this atmosphere, and no one knows if there would or would not be an indictment, no matter how strong investigators feel their evidence is. It’s obviously a prosecutor who has to agree to take the case and make that case to the grand jury."

But a day after the Fox News anchor walked back his earlier report that the FBI probe “will continue to likely an indictment,” his original claim lives on in some conservative news outlets.

As of Friday morning, Sean Hannity's website still has a story on its home page about Baier's “bombshell report.” Hot Air's home page employs the same language: “Bombshell: FBI’s ‘far more expansive’ Clinton investigations leading to ‘likely indictment.’ "


Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/04/fox-news-report-of-likely-indictment-in-clinton-case-just-wont-die/

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Well, Bret, Donald Trump is enjoying spouting out your little "mistake" at every event he gives as if it's still gospel truth.

If there was any justice in the world, you wouldn't be fit to give traffic reports for the early morning news report in some second string market.

But you work for Fox News, so I'm sure your job security is just fine and dandy.

[JHan]

1. The endless wave of fail from the Media this year will engulf us all for years..

[TimeToGo]

26. Truth ^

[Wounded Bear]

3. Yes, you are a sorry piece of shit...

trying to sell the country down the river so you can get a "scoop."

Eat shit asshole.

[Ccarmona]

6. Fair & Balanced

My Ass!!!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

7. Drudge had this lie as his blaring headline 2 days ago

Expect a retraction a week from never.

Instead, he's got nonsense accusing Clinton of ties to the occult as his lead today

[Journeyman]

8. He should voluntarily don a hair shirt and flagellate himself with a cat o' nine tails . . .

even then, it'd be weak atonement for wanton interference with a democratic election.

[riversedge]

9. Confronted with this last night-Trump surrogate surrogate just said--Yeah but the

damage is done as she smiled.

[MattP]

10. It was a lie but it wasn't a mistake

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. Exactly.

Those assholes knew exactly what they were doing, they knew the Madman would amplify their lies, and I'm sure they have no remorse for it. And I doubt Bret Baier will get so much as a slap on the wrist from Fox.

[dicksmc3]

28. Slap on the hand??

Brett baby will get a pay raise out of this world!! His damage can't be retracted and mean anything this late in the election. Faux news is the Republicon station and always will be!!

[world wide wally]

13. Not only does Trump spout off the total bullshit, but Baier's partners in crime, the other

"Liberal" cable news shows, will be playing it on a loop all day

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. Brian Williams' tall tale about his Iraq War coverage was a huge story among the media....

...but impacted nothing.


This could potentially impact an election and I doubt we'll hear as much as a peep about it from most sources.

[lapfog_1]

14. continue to build their case

what case? WTF? They are looking at emails forwarded by Huma (at best).

BTW, because she was using a windows IMAP protocol, it is entirely possible that Huma did not know the emails were even stored on the laptop.

Not to mention that there has been no leak of any kind to suggest that there is anything new here.

As for the FBI office investigating bullshit printed by Brietbart (Clinton Cash)... The prosecutors already laughed that out of the room. It's total bullshit.

We have stepped officially into la-la land when the FBI takes claims made by Brietbart seriously enough to waste even an hour reading that crap.

Next they will be opening an investigation into Vince Foster or some such bullshit.

[Sunlei]

16. fox lies, what a shock this must be to the Republican party leaders.

[wordpix]

23. repukes lie at all levels. I'm in a court case against local

repukes. I'm self-representing and I'm not a lawyer but I'm getting their LIES and secret back room dealings exposed in court. Just saying the lying, cheating reprobates are at all levels of gov.

[Foggyhill]

17. You forking sack of shitbuckets, STFU moron. This election is giving me fits.

[wordpix]

24. count to 10 and go to a yoga class

You'll feel good for an hour or so, anyway

[Fahrenthold451]

18. "I Appleagize."

[sarcasmo]

19. As if you were ever credible, you're credible no more.

[texasleo]

21. I hope he starts his next show by pulling out a brown paper bag...

[cynzke]

22. Blowback!

Seems like Breit Baier, Hannity and the right wing are the only VICTIMS of the BOMBSHELL!

[Emilybemily]

25. Too little too late you fucking cockroach

What a traitor

[bushisanidiot]

27. Dan Rather and Brian Williams lost their jobs for factual inconsistencies in their reporting.

this guy needs to be FIRED.

[EV_Ares]

29. The problem with crap like that & what he did is he knows the damage is already done with just a few

days until the election so say what he said, then in a couple of days say I am sorry & he goes on about his usual business.

It is the crap the republicans & right-wing does which is why they win more fights because the Dems just don't seem to knuckle it out with them & the republicans know they won't.

[Thunderbeast]

30. Dan Rather got no credit for his walkback.

CBS fired him. The Bush National Guard story was a setup, but Rather lost the most prestigious job in broadcast journalism.....even after his apology for not vetting his source with more skepticism.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

31. The ‘indictment’ should be on the FBI New York office.

[left-of-center2012]

32. More will remember the lie than the apology

Once the horse is out of the barn ...

[rurallib]

33. Exactly - get it out there and see if it sticks

that is all that matters.

[flying-skeleton]

34. F U Bret - Go sit on Trump's pogo stick