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Multiple CNN employees testified in court they opposed the network’s decision to issue an apology for the story, with Fuzz Hogan, a senior editor at CNN at the time the segment aired, saying he stood by the story, Fox News reported. (RELATED: ‘Are You Saying I’m Not A Christian?’: Scott Jennings Erupts When CNN Host Uses Religion To Call Jordan Neely ‘Victim’)
Marquardt testified Monday that he found no evidence that Young committed any crimes and later said Young was “a small part of the story,” Fox News reported. Marquardt, at the time CNN’s senior national security correspondent, denied he was “looking to take anyone down.”
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CNN sought to keep the jury from learning about a subsequent raise and promotion to chief national security correspondent that Marquardt received from the network, according to Fox News.
“We gonna nail this Zachary Young mfucker,” Marquart said in an email, according to court documents, with another CNN employee responding “gonna hold you to that, cowboy.”
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An Army major general testified earlier in the proceedings that after CNN’s segment, he would not be willing to hire Young, saying it would be “way too risky” to hire the Navy veteran, according to Fox News.
