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From Daily Mail: CNN’s lead national security correspondent, Alex Marquardt, has revealed he is leaving the network – four months after he cost it at least $5million for a defamatory report on Navy veteran Zachary Young.
Marquardt thanked his colleagues on CNN’s national security team in a cryptic post – the same team who worked on the November 2021 report that landed him in hot water.
It also tarnished CNN’s reputation – after jurors ruled Marquardt’s report falsely suggested Young illegally profited during the Biden administration’s disastrous pullout from Afghanistan.
‘We’re gonna nail this Zachary Young mf**ker’, the longtime correspondent told members of that team in texts used against him in the high-profile case.
In an X post on Monday, Marquardt told followers, “Some personal news: I’m leaving CNN after 8 terrific years.”
“Tough to say goodbye but it’s been an honor to work among the very best in the business,” he wrote.
Additional information is unknown, but according to sources Marquardt was fired over “editorial differences” with network officials.
Some personal news: I’m leaving CNN after 8 terrific years. Tough to say goodbye but it’s been an honor to work among the very best in the business. Profound thank you to my comrades on the National Security team & the phenomenal teammates I’ve worked with in the US and abroad.
— Alex Marquardt (@MarquardtA) June 2, 2025
The information listed is from DailyMail.
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