Fox apologises for inaccurate Clinton report

Fox News Channel has apologised for an inaccurate report this week that Hillary Clinton was likely to be indicted as a result of an investigation by the FBI into the Clinton Foundation.

Fox’s Bret Baier, who initially reported on the case on Wednesday, said yesterday that “it was a mistake, and for that I’m sorry”.

Mrs Clinton’s critics have accused her family of giving donors special access to the State Department when she was secretary of state.

The Associated Press reported this week that FBI agents seeking an investigation into the foundation talked to Justice Department lawyers last winter about allegations they wanted to pursue, but prosecutors were wary about the strength of the information they presented.

It is unclear whether FBI agents are still looking into the foundation.

Fox’s report, less than a week before Election Day, was a potential bombshell – if it held up.

Baier began backtracking on his report the next day, saying that his phrasing had been inartful.

“Well, that wasn’t just inartful, it was a mistake,” he said yesterday.