“Morning Joe” host Jonathan Lemire issued a correction Monday after MSNBC national security contributor Frank Figliuzzi made an unverified claim on-air about FBI Director Kash Patel.
“Reportedly, he’s been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of the [J. Edgar] Hoover building,” Figliuzzi told Lemire on a Friday segment of the show. Lemire clarified on Monday’s broadcast that Figliuzzi’s allegation about Patel was a “misstatement” that the network has “not verified.”
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“Let’s circle back to a segment from Friday’s show. Frank Figliuzzi was on that morning during this hour, discussing the work of administration officials,” Lemire said. “At the end of that segment, Figliuzzi said that FBI director Kash Patel has reportedly been more visible at nightclubs than at his office at FBI headquarters. This was a misstatement. We have not verified that claim.”
Since becoming FBI director, Patel has announced the April arrests of two alleged leaders of a violent child exploitation network linked to a Satanic, neo-Nazi group. In an April 25 X post, he announced the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who allegedly helped hide a migrant charged with violence from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
The FBI director in March announced the arrest of top MS-13 leader Henry Josue Villatoro-Santos during an early morning raid in Northern Virginia.
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Other MSNBC hosts and a co-host of “The View” have also previously made corrections and legal notes.
MSNBC hosts also corrected their March claims that Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump as “very good friends.”
The Associated Press retracted its original story making the allegation and clarified that Gabbard was referring to Trump’s friendship with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, not Putin. During an MSNBC broadcast, host Stephanie Ruhle and guest host Jonathan Capehart falsely reported that Gabbard was discussing Putin during an interview with NDTV, an Indian network.
“Last night, ‘The Last Night’ reported on excerpts of an interview between the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and an Indian TV news network in which she said that Trump was good friends with the world leader,” guest host Ali Velshi said. “Now we said that world leader was Vladimir Putin, but the full interview was subsequently released and it showed that Gabbard was referring to Donald Trump and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”
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Ruhle subsequently issued a similar correction during her airtime.
“Last night, we reported on excerpts of an interview between the Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard and an Indian TV news network in which she said that Trump was good friends with a world leader,” Ruhle said. “Now we said that world leader was Vladimir Putin, but the full interview shows that Gabbard was referring to Trump and Indian Prime Minister Modi. We cleared that up.”
MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin in April also corrected guest Danielle Moodie-Mills’s claims that Gabbard was a “Russian agent.”
Furthermore, “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin read three legal notes on-air in under three minutes in November while discussing Trump’s cabinet picks. She read the first two after the co-hosts discussed allegations of sexual misconduct against former Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
“I have a legal note. Matt Gaetz has long denied all allegations and has not been charged with any crime,” Hostin said. “Also another legal note, Pete Hegseth’s lawyer said he paid the woman in 2023 to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit. He had denied any wrongdoing.”
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Before reading the first legal notes, Hostin asserted there were bribery allegations surrounding Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was Florida attorney general for two terms, and her handling of Trump University. Hostin’s third legal note was about this claim.
“I’m sorry, everyone, I have another legal note,” Hostin said. “Both Trump and Pam Bondi have denied allegations of a quid pro quo that his past donation played any role in her office’s decision to not take legal action against Trump University when she was, of course, the attorney general of Florida.”
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