ABC News covers Epstein, Clinton ties years after Amy Robach hot mic 'we had everything' scandal

https://www.foxnews.com/media/abc-news-covers-epstein-clinton-ties-years-
after-amy-robach-hot-mic-we-had-everything-scandal

What a difference a few years make. 

ABC News was the first to report over the weekend that former President 
Bill Clinton is expected to be identified as one of several John Does in 
previously redacted documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey 
Epstein – an about-face for the Disney-owned network after a former anchor 
said executives spiked her Epstein-Clinton reporting in 2019. 

In 2019, leaked footage of then-ABC News anchor Amy Robach shocked the 
media industry when she was caught saying the Disney-owned network spiked 
her Epstein reporting. 

"I've had the story for three years... we would not put it on the air," 
Robach said on the hot mic, referring to reporting that would have taken 
place in 2016. 

BILL CLINTON TO BE IDENTIFIED IN PREVIOUSLY REDACTED JEFFREY EPSTEIN 
DOCUMENTS: REPORT

"It was unbelievable what we had, Clinton, we had everything," she added, 
an apparent reference to the former president.

"I tried for three years to get it on to no avail. And now it’s all coming 
out and it’s like these new revelations and I freaking had all of it," 
Robach said. "I’m so pissed right now."

Robach was also heard saying, "There will come a day when we will realize 
Jeffrey Epstein was the most prolific pedophile this country has ever 
known. I had it all, three years ago."

Robach's diatribe was allegedly recorded in late August of that year, days 
after NPR criticized the mainstream media, including ABC, for sitting on 
Epstein news. The convicted sex offender had already been found dead at 
the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York while awaiting federal 
trial for sex trafficking, but Epstein was very much alive three years 
earlier when ABC News didn’t air Robach's reporting. 

The leaked hot mic tape sent shockwaves through the industry, with many 
bashing ABC News’ explanation and assuming it was simply an example of a 
mainstream news outlet protecting high-profile Democrats. Others believed 
ABC News was attempting to protect their chance at access to Buckingham 
Palace, as Robach filmed an interview with Prince Andrew accuser Virginia 
Roberts Giuffre in 2015 that never aired.  

"First of all, I was told, who’s Jeffrey Epstein? No one knows who that 
is. This is a stupid story," Robach said on the video recording. "Then, 
the Palace found out that we had her whole allegations about Prince Andrew 
and threatened us a million different ways. We were so afraid we wouldn’t 
be able to interview Kate and Will, that also quashed the story."

After the leaked video first published by Project Veritas stunned 
Americans, Robach quickly admitted its authenticity but dismissed the 
notion of unethical journalism.

"As a journalist, as 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 [Epstein accuser] Virginia 
Roberts didn’t air because we could not obtain sufficient corroborating 
evidence to meet ABC’s editorial standards about her allegations," Robach 
said in a 2019 statement provided to Fox News Digital.

At the time, ABC News also downplayed the significance of the video 
despite widespread criticism, telling Fox News Digital that Robach’s 
Epstein story wasn’t fit to air.

"Not all of our reporting met our standards to air, but we have never 
stopped investigating the story. Ever since, we’ve had a team on this 
investigation and substantial resources dedicated to it," an ABC News 
spokesperson told Fox News.

ABC NEWS' AMY ROBACH CAUGHT ON HOT MIC SAYING NETWORK SPIKED JEFFREY 
EPSTEIN STORY BOMBSHELL

Indeed, ABC News first reported Clinton would be named after a federal 
judge in New York ordered the unsealing of dozens of documents that name 
people linked to Epstein. ABC News said Sunday that Clinton will be named 
but "there is no indication the sealed records contain evidence of illegal 
conduct" by the former president. Clinton is mentioned more than 50 times 
in the redacted filings, per ABC News.

Fox News contributor Joe Concha believes the Clintons simply aren’t worth 
protecting these days. 

"What changed is there isn't a Clinton who is the Democratic nominee for 
president like there was in 2016. Now the Clintons are expendable," Concha 
told Fox News Digital. "It's really that simple."

DePauw University professor Jeffrey McCall agreed.

"It is really difficult now for the establishment media, including ABC, to 
continue to run cover for Bill Clinton once the court documents are 
released. The press has long had a tradition of providing favorable 
coverage for the Clintons, both Bill and Hillary. But it's hard to look 
the other way when material shows up in officially released documents," 
McCall told Fox News Digital.

"The media is pretty much cornered into having to cover the document 
release.  Besides, it is okay now in the broader news sphere for 
establishment media to throw some negative coverage at Bill Clinton. He is 
largely old news by now and not a major player in political circles," 
McCall continued. "Thus, there is no need to worry about his reputation or 
what tarnishing his image might mean for Democrat politics more 
generally."

ABC News did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

ABC NEWS PANNED FOR STATEMENT ADDRESSING ANCHOR'S CLAIM NETWORK 'QUASHED' 
EPSTEIN STORY

Robach exited ABC News in 2023 after an extramarital affair with co-host 
T.J. Holmes became tabloid fodder and embarrassed the Disney-owned 
network. 

Their relationship, which began while they were married to other people, 
came to light in 2022 and resulted in them being benched for two months 
from "GMA3," the dayside ABC show they had co-hosted since 2020. Insiders 
told Fox News Digital as the saga was ongoing that the affair was brutal 
for the family brand so important to Disney. Robach and Holmes eventually 
agreed to leave the company.

Fox News’ Hanna Panreck and Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report. 


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