From DOJ To ‘Fake News’ CNN: Ex-Sessions Spox Has A New Gig

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Sarah Isgur, the top Department of Justice spokeswoman under former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, will join CNN to coordinate political coverage of 2020, according to Politico.

She has no news background but has long been a political operative, most recently working for Carly Fiorina and then President Donald Trump.

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  1. Why. the. Hell. would. they. do. this?

    I don’t trust anyone who sold their souls to this administration. I wouldn’t trust them to coordinate my socks for the morning. :socks:

  2. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    WTF, CNN? Why hire her “to coordinate political coverage” when she has no experience doing such a thing?

    Do they want to make sure they get that all-important Trump racist base perspective?

  3. Hey they hired Rick Santorum

  4. Avatar for schmed schmed says:

    Even CNN needs a token right wing asshole to provide some semblance of equivocation / bothsiderism…

  5. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    After McCabe’s descriptions of Session aired last weekend, I hope that CNN reconsiders. I mean her gig was spit/shining moldy overt racism as policies of “Justice.” It’s not a good look for CNN.

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