DAVID: BREAKING NEWS, SOURCES
CLOSE TO CNN HAVE REVEALED NEW
DETAILS IN LATEST DRAMA
INVOLVING JEFF ZUCKER AND FORMER
ANCHOR CHRIS CUOMO, THEY LEAKED
THOSE DETAILS TO OTHER THAN OUR
OWN CHARLIE GASPARINO WHO JOINS
US WITH DETAILS.
CHARLIE: BASED ON WHAT I’M GOING
TO TELL YOU NOW, DAVID, THE
EVIDENCE IS BUILDING THAT ZU
CKER’S EXIT FROM CNN HAD
A LOT LESS TO DO WITH THE
CONSENSUAL ROMANTIC AWARE
WITH A SUBORDINATE, ALLISON GOLA
ST, AND MUCH MORE
WITH SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF
GOING ON AT THE NETWORK OVER THE
PAST TWO YEARS, SO LET ME
JUST LET ME JUST READ SOME OF
THIS STUFF AND WE CAN BOUNCE IT
AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
FOX BUSINESS HAS LEARNED THAT
CHRIS CUOMO IS SAID TO BE
PLANNING TO FILE AN ARBITRATION
CASE AGAINST CNN IMMINENTLY.
WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS CUOMO IS
PREPARED TO ARGUE THAT HIS
DEALINGS WITH HIS BROTHER, THE
ADVICE HE WAS GIVING, THE
ADD VASE THAT HE BELIEVES HE
WAS TELLING ZUCKER HE WAS GIVING
WERE NOT THAT MATERIALLY
DIFFERENT THAN THOSE THAT JEFF Z
UCKER AND ALLISON GOLAST
HAD WITH ANDREW
CUOMO.
THEY WERE VERY TIGHT WITH ANDREW
CUOMO OVER THE YEARS.
ALL YOU SON WAS A PRESS
SECRETARY FOR ANDREW CUOMO AND
THERE WAS PLENTY OF BACK AND
FORTH AND TALKING AND ADVISING
AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT CHRIS IS
GOING TO ARGUE AND HIS LAWYERS I
SHOULD SAY DURING THE PANDEMIC
PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY WANTED
GOVERNOR CUOMO ON THE AIR A LOT,
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE KEY TO
HIS ARBITRATION CLAIM.
HERE IS WHAT’S KIND OF
INTERESTING ABOUT THIS.
CUOMO, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO
WHAT I UNDERSTAND HIS THINKING
IS NOW AND HIS LAWYERS, WILL
SEEK A PAYMENT FOR HIS LEGAL
BILLS.
THEY ARE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL
WE’RE TALKING SIX FIGURES TIMES
THREE, PROBABLY.
A STATEMENT FROM CNN CLEARING
HIS NAME AND PAYMENT OF HIS
CONTRACT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS
$20 MILLION, NOW HERE IS THE
INTERESTING THING OR
WHATEVER IS LEFT ON IT.
I THINK HE JUST REUPED I COULD
BE WRONG ON THAT SO IT’S THERE.
HERE IS WHAT’S INTERESTING.
AT LEAST AS OF NOW AND WHO KNOWS
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LAWYERS GET
INTO CHRIS’ FACE.
HE WON’T AGREE TO A MONETARY
SETTLEMENT IF IT CONTAINS SOME
SORT OF A CLAUSE WHERE HE CAN’T
CLEAR HIS NAME, THAT HE REALLY
BELIEVES THAT WHAT HE DID WITH
HIS BROTHER, WAS DISCLOSED TO ZU
CKER MATERIALLY, WAS GOLAST
KNEW WHAT IT WAS AND
HOW HE WAS DEALING WITH HIS
BROTHER WAS NOT THAT MUCH
DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT ZUCKER AND GOLAST WERE
DOING WITH ANDREW CUOMO.
THEY WERE ALL CLOSE AND THERE
WAS A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH.
OTHER THAN THAT IN ADDITION TO
THAT, DAVID, WHAT I’VE ALSO
FOUND OUT IS THAT THERE’S A LOT
OF TALK ABOUT HIM DROPPING THE
DIME ON THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
JUST BACKUP ON A LITTLE BIT OF
THE TIMELINE HERE.
CHRIS CUOMO GETS FIRED.
THEN, THE LAW
FIRM KORATH SWAIN DOES AN
INVESTIGATION.
THEY TRIED TO INTERVIEW CHRIS
CUOMO, HE SAID NO.
HE’S LAWYERING UP, HE’S GOING TO
FILE AND WANTS HIS MONEY.
ESSENTIALLY FROM WHAT I
UNDERSTAND, THE NOTION OF THE
AFFAIR CAME UP DURING THAT
INVESTIGATION SEPARATE FROM HIM,
THAT HE DIDN’T LEAK IT.
HE DIDN’T SAY WELL LOOK, LOOK AT
THESE TWO, YOU’RE THROWING ME
OUT AND THEY ARE HAVING AN
AFFAIR.
THIS CAME OUT SEPARATELY AND
IT’S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING
YARN LIKE HOW IT CAME UP, WHY IT
CAME UP.
THERE’S A LOT OF INTRIGUE IN CNN
BETWEEN JEFF ZUCKER AND JASON KA
LAR, WHOSE HIS BOSS, SO
STAY TUNED ON THIS THING.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING STORY AND
ON TOP OF IT ALL, DAVID, I KNOW
IT’S INTERESTING THAT CHRIS
CUOMO IS FIGHTING BACK, WANTS
HIS MONEY, HE’S ALLEGING THIS.
THERE’S A MERGER GOING ON HERE,
THAT’S A BIGGER STORY.
THEY ARE TELLING ME I GOTTA GO
BUT I GOTTA MAKE THIS POINT.
DISCOVERY WANTS TO MERGE WITH
THE AT&T ASSETS THAT ARE BEING
SPUN OFF INCLUDING CNN.
IT IS WEIRD THAT ALL THIS COMES
UP AS THEY HAVE TO GET THIS
THROUGH THE JUSTICE DOJ
APT I TRUST SO JUST STAY TUNE ON
THIS.
DAVID: THERE’S A LOT THERE,