Catherine Herridge: I Ran into Roadblocks, CBS Was Not Interested in Hunter Biden Laptop

ABRAMS Veteran journalist Catherine ░░░░░░░░ was a big player ░░░░░░░░ Fox News won Emmys ░░░░░░░░ her work at CBS ░░░░░░░░ but was laid off ░░░░░░░░ this year Now running ░░░░░░░░ own site Catherine Herridge ░░░░░░░░ she s been dropping ░░░░░░░░ about what happened at ░░░░░░░░ and the bias that ░░░░░░░░ have contributed to her ░░░░░░░░ let go Some of ░░░░░░░░ related to her coverage ░░░░░░░░ Hunter Biden Back in ░░░░░░░░ Herridge tried to report ░░░░░░░░ the infamous laptop did ░░░░░░░░ lot of legwork she ░░░░░░░░ that report was shelved ░░░░░░░░ fact she just alleged ░░░░░░░░ the news bosses at ░░░░░░░░ defied orders from the ░░░░░░░░ folks at CBS network ░░░░░░░░ told her to investigate ░░░░░░░░ also says she tried ░░░░░░░░ interview Elon Musk last ░░░░░░░░ That too she says ░░░░░░░░ by news execs afraid ░░░░░░░░ give Musk a live ░░░░░░░░ on their streaming service ░░░░░░░░ she says after she ░░░░░░░░ on Special Counsel Robert ░░░░░░░░ s report on President ░░░░░░░░ and the classified documents ░░░░░░░░ d retained she was ░░░░░░░░ off from the network ░░░░░░░░ thereafter Catherine Herridge is ░░░░░░░░ straight shooter She cares ░░░░░░░░ about journalists being able ░░░░░░░░ report accurate stories without ░░░░░░░░ from the government or ░░░░░░░░ bosses And she joins ░░░░░░░░ now Welcome back to ░░░░░░░░ show Thanks for being ░░░░░░░░ So you dropped some ░░░░░░░░ Thanks for having me ░░░░░░░░ bombs in the last ░░░░░░░░ weeks on how CBS ░░░░░░░░ I did ABRAMS interfered ░░░░░░░░ your reporting Let s ░░░░░░░░ with the Hunter laptop ░░░░░░░░ happened HERRIDGE Mm hmm ░░░░░░░░ I was asked from ░░░░░░░░ very senior levels of ░░░░░░░░ George Cheeks who oversees ░░░░░░░░ News Sports and Entertainment ░░░░░░░░ was told that this ░░░░░░░░ was the highest priority ░░░░░░░░ him and his boss ░░░░░░░░ Redstone and that they ░░░░░░░░ accountability journalism that would ░░░░░░░░ truth to power on ░░░░░░░░ sides of the aisle ░░░░░░░░ then I just found ░░░░░░░░ there was this kind ░░░░░░░░ disconnect between this directive ░░░░░░░░ received at the top ░░░░░░░░ internal resistance I found ░░░░░░░░ the executives at CBS ░░░░░░░░ ABRAMS And the the ░░░░░░░░ being and you know ░░░░░░░░ re kind of careful ░░░░░░░░ how how you say ░░░░░░░░ but the bottom line ░░░░░░░░ the concern is that ░░░░░░░░ CBS News bosses were ░░░░░░░░ too liberal And as ░░░░░░░░ result we re letting ░░░░░░░░ politics infect their judgment ░░░░░░░░ Well what I would ░░░░░░░░ through my reporting is ░░░░░░░░ after we did a ░░░░░░░░ review of the Hunter ░░░░░░░░ and I went to ░░░░░░░░ lengths to get the ░░░░░░░░ data that was provided ░░░░░░░░ the FBI so that ░░░░░░░░ would have the cleanest ░░░░░░░░ of the data we ░░░░░░░░ that it was Hunter ░░░░░░░░ s user data And ░░░░░░░░ we found what I ░░░░░░░░ were very strong stories ░░░░░░░░ pursue They included unfortunately ░░░░░░░░ use of the N ░░░░░░░░ in the text messages ░░░░░░░░ also identified over a ░░░░░░░░ dozen email accounts that ░░░░░░░░ to have been used ░░░░░░░░ Joe Biden I thought ░░░░░░░░ was a legitimate story ░░░░░░░░ bottom line is that ░░░░░░░░ ran into roadblocks or ░░░░░░░░ was simply told it ░░░░░░░░ just not a story ░░░░░░░░ CBS News was interested ░░░░░░░░ ABRAMS: “Hmm. All right.”