Chris Cuomo Has Been Fired

Just days after announcing Chris Cuomo had been “suspended indefinitely,” CNN has issued a statement that he has been fired.

“Chris Cuomo was suspended earlier this week pending further evaluation of new information that came to light about his involvement with his brother’s defense. We retained a respected law firm to conduct the review, and have terminated him, effective immediately,” CNN said in a statement on Saturday, as reported on by CNN’s Brian Stelter.

“While in the process of that review, additional information has come to light.” Even though Cuomo has been fired, the statement noted CNN “will investigate as appropriate.”

There was also some information not previously known that came to light as a result of the statement:

According to Saturday’s announcement, the process included an outside law firm, a fact that was not previously known.

With information in the texts and documents pointing to a serious breach of CNN standards, Cuomo was notified of his termination on Saturday.

The CNN statement on Saturday also referred to “additional information [that] has come to light” during the review of the document dump. A CNN spokesperson declined to share any further detail about the information.

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