Conservative media watchdog group Project Veritas strikes again. The organization, which has terrorized CNN in recent years, has now released undercover video and audio of 20/20 anchor Amy Robach alleging that ABC News spiked a bombshell report on the late billionaire financier and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein more than three years ago. (TVNewser)
In the clip, the 20/20 host can be heard discussing her interview with Virginia Giuffre, née Roberts, who claims to have been one of the billionaire’s sex trafficking victims. Robach said the interview, which was conducted in 2015, never saw the light of day. (HuffPost)
“I’ve had this story for three years. I’ve had this interview with Virginia Roberts,” Robach says to someone off-camera, referring to Epstein’s most vocal sex abuse victim. “We would not put it on the air. First of all, I was told, ‘Who’s Jeffrey Epstein? No one knows who that is. This is a stupid story.’” (New York Post)
ABC provided the following statement on the video: “At the time, not all of our reporting met our standards to air, but we have never stopped investigating the story. Ever since we’ve had a team on this investigation and substantial resources dedicated to it. That work has led to a two-hour documentary and six-part podcast that will air in the new year.” (Mediaite)