GOP senators told Fox News Digital that after receiving a classified intel report on the Iran strikes, they believe initial media reporting was dishonest and inaccurate.
Republican senators told Fox News Digital that after receiving a fuller intelligence report on airstrikes authorized by President Donald Trump against Iran’s nuclear facilities that they believe the initial leaked reports underestimating the damage were inaccurate and politically motivated.
In response to why so many media outlets ran with the leaked story, Cruz told Fox News Digital that „clearly there was a political agenda at play.“
Earlier this week, CNN, citing people familiar with the assessment, reported that the early consensus within the Defense Intelligence Agency is that the strikes on Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan didn’t destroy key components of Iran’s nuclear program nor destroy its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
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The outlet also reported that the strike likely only set back Iran’s nuclear program by several months, not years, as touted by the Trump administration.
Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth railed against the „fake news“ media during a NATO summit press conference for casting doubt that the U.S. strikes on Iran obliterated the country’s nuclear program.
