ET show with former One America News correspondent Jenn Pellegrino. Voting technology companies Smartmatic and Dominion have both filed defamation cases against Newsmax for “knowingly and continuously” selling a “false story of election fraud” following Trump electoral loss.Ĭortes’ departure from the upstart Trumpist network comes only six months after Newsmax announced he would co-host a weeknight 9 p.m. “He still insists the election was stolen,” the staffer continued, pointing out that such claims are verboten on Newsmax airwaves as the network faces billion-dollar lawsuits for amplifying baseless voter-fraud conspiracy theories.
Can’t trust him,” the staffer further noted, claiming Cortes’ nightly program utilizes a broadcast delay to give the network an opportunity to censor potentially inappropriate content.Īnother Newsmax insider suggested threats of litigation have loomed between Cortes and the network, while another current network employee said his exit was most likely “because the ratings for show suck” and Newsmax is just looking to make a change. “It’s been ongoing for a while,” one current Newsmax staffer told The Daily Beast, adding that Cortes is “a constant risk” due to his penchant for making controversial and inflammatory comments. Trump’s New Adviser Steve Cortes Thinks He Hasn’t Been ‘Fascist’ EnoughĬortes publicly bashing his employer’s decision may have been the final straw, but insiders said the former Trump campaign strategist and ex-CNN contributor has long conflicted with Newsmax. No one should be pressured to choose between medical privacy & their job.” “I will not be forced into the injection, nor will I disclose my vaccination status. “I will not comply w/ any organization’s attempt to enforce Biden’s capricious & unscientific Medical Apartheid mandate,” he blared in one tweet.
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