{"id":223154,"date":"2026-09-05T10:51:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/maria-bartiromos-lawyer-says-she-was-not-fired-from-fox-news-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T10:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:51:59","slug":"maria-bartiromos-lawyer-says-she-was-not-fired-from-fox-news-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/maria-bartiromos-lawyer-says-she-was-not-fired-from-fox-news-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Bartiromo\u2019s lawyer says she was not fired from Fox News – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maria Bartiromo\u2019s lawyer on Friday said that the Fox News and Fox Business anchor was not fired from the company where she worked for more than 12 years.
\u201cFor many years, Maria Bartiromo hosted three No. 1-rated television shows on Fox channels,\u201d said Bryan Freedman, Bartiromo\u2019s attorney.
On Thursday, Fox abruptly announced in a statement that it had parted ways with Bartiromo, without offering any further details or context. The last episode of Bartiromo\u2019s daily Fox Business show aired on Thursday. On Friday, those hours of programming came on the air with the same titles and graphics, but without Bartiromo\u2019s name in them.
\u201cThe irresponsible reports that have been published stating that Maria Bartiromo was fired or is no longer an employee of Fox are absolutely and unequivocally false,\u201d Freedman said Friday. \u201cMake no mistake, we have the receipts and witnesses and they will come out whether through the courthouse or otherwise.\u201d
He added: \u201cThose reporting her firing or the incredulous facts supporting that fiction have exhibited a complete and utter reckless disregard for the truth.\u201d
A Fox News Media representative, when asked about Freedman\u2019s statement, said the company\u2019s press release about parting ways with Bartiromo \u201cspeaks for itself.\u201d
Before Freedman\u2019s statement, on Thursday night the Status media industry newsletter<\/a> reported that Bartiromo was fired after she had shared with the White House guidance from Fox management about claims made by President Donald Trump about recent elections. The New York Times and Wall Street Journal also reported<\/a> later Thursday that she was dismissed after sharing internal Fox communications <\/a>with the White House. NBC News has not verified those reports.
Immediately following Fox\u2019s announcement on Thursday, Bartiromo\u2019s bio and show pages were wiped from Fox\u2019s websites.
Bartiromo had been Fox Business\u2019 global markets editor since joining the channel in 2014. On Fox Business, she hosted \u201cMornings with Maria\u201d on weekdays and \u201cMaria Bartiromo\u2019s Wall Street\u201d on Fridays, while also anchoring \u201cSunday Morning Futures,\u201d a business-focused show on the larger Fox News Channel.
For years, Fox News Media touted Bartiromo\u2019s shows at ratings winners. She joined Fox after a trailblazing 21-year career at CNBC, where she hosted \u201cClosing Bell,\u201d a cornerstone of the business network\u2019s programming.
Bartiromo drew attention for taking a more openly conservative turn in her reporting at Fox after leaving CNBC, where her work had been largely apolitical.
She also became very close to Trump, who appointed her to the board of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. The center\u2019s website<\/a> still lists her as a board member as of Friday afternoon.
In 2021, Bartiromo\u2019s comments and shows were cited as exhibits in a defamation lawsuit filed by the <\/a>voting machine maker Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News. Dominion alleged that the cable network operator had knowingly broadcast false claims that Dominion had rigged the 2020 presidential election.
Fox News eventually agreed to pay $787 million in a settlement with Dominion.
Another voting machine firm, Smartmatic, also filed suit <\/a>against Fox in 2021, naming Bartiromo as a co-defendant. The Smartmatic case is ongoing.
Steve Kopack is a senior reporter at NBC News covering business and the economy.
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news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeMaria Bartiromo\u2019s lawyer on Friday said that the Fox News and Fox Business anchor was not fired from the company where she worked for more than 12 years.\u201cFor many years, Maria Bartiromo hosted three No. 1-rated television shows on Fox channels,\u201d said Bryan Freedman, Bartiromo\u2019s attorney.On Thursday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}