Maria Bartiromo Out At FoxNews. Is She President Trump’s Pick For Press Secretary? [EP5062]
Pete Santilli breaks down Fox News cutting ties with Maria Bartiromo after she allegedly shared internal texts with White House officials, explores whether shed make a strong press secretary, and goes deep on JD Vance defending Tucker Carlson’s Michigan Senate endorsements, plus a national emergency declaration to secure America’s bulk power grid—while the show pauses live for a family birth.
Topics covered:
• Maria Bartiromo out at Fox News: Dylan Byers/Puck reporting, China–2020 election story blocked, White House leak fallout, EP Patrick Ignazi also fired, attorney Brian Friedman, Eric Trump praise, press secretary speculation
• Live family milestone: Stella’s labor updates mid-broadcast and the healthy newborn’s arrival (name private)
• JD Vance & Tucker Carlson: Michigan Senate — Mike Rogers vs Abdul Al-Sayed; Vance’s “no purity tests” defense; Pete’s pushback
• National emergency (8/26) on the U.S. bulk power system: foreign equipment bans, transformer lead times, AI/data centers as grid modernization, CCP influence ops against AI
• Also: Vance on CDL mills, Venezuela oil reserve, Trump RX, White House arcade, Lindsey Clancy trial notes, and cultural clips
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