The Atlantic report alleging Trump disparaged slain Army private blasted by family, others: 'Absolutely false'

The Atlantic is facing aggravated scrutiny implicit a study alleging former President Trump disparaged a slain Mexican-American Army backstage portion helium was successful office, with immoderate progressive with the communicative declaring it "false" and a "hit piece."

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, began a lengthy study published Tuesday astir Trump's enactment with the household of 20-year-old Vanessa Guillén, the girl of Mexican immigrants who was murdered successful April 2020 by a chap worker astatine Fort Hood.

After her remains were discovered 2 months later, Trump consoled Guillén's household astatine the White House and offered to supply fiscal assistance to screen the ceremonial costs. 

According to the report, Natalie Khawam, Guillén's household attorney, told Goldberg the household did not person wealth from Trump and that the costs were yet covered successful portion by the Army and donations. 

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President Donald Trump speaks with Gloria Guillen (3rd L), the parent of Vanessa Guillen, a Fort Hood worker recovered dormant aft disappearing from Fort Hood, Texas, arsenic good arsenic her household and lawyer successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, DC, connected July 30, 2020. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Khawam accused Goldberg of lying. 

"After having dealt with hundreds of reporters successful my ineligible career, this is unluckily the archetypal clip I person to spell connected grounds and telephone retired Jeffrey Goldberg@the Atlantic: not lone did helium misrepresent our speech but helium outright LIED successful HIS sensational story," Khawam wrote connected X. "More importantly, helium utilized and exploited my clients, and Vanessa Guillen’s murder… for inexpensive governmental gain. I would similar to besides constituent retired that the timing of this ‘story’ is rather suspicious, arsenic this expected speech that Trump had would person occurred implicit 4 years ago! Why a communicative astir it now?!"

"As everyone knows, not lone did Trump enactment our military, helium besides invited my clients to the Oval Office and supported the I Am Vanessa Guillen measure too. I’m grateful we were palmy successful getting bipartisan enactment of the I Am Vanessa Guillen Act, and due to the fact that of everyone’s hard enactment and efforts our work members present person much protections and rights portion serving our country," she added. 

Guillén's sister, Mayra Guillén, besides blasted Goldberg's study and voiced her enactment for Trump.

"Wow. I don’t admit however you are exploiting my sister’s decease for politics- hurtful & disrespectful to the important changes she made for work members," Guillén said. "President Donald Trump did thing but amusement respect to my household & Vanessa. In fact, I voted for President Trump today."

"My sisters decease was ne'er to beryllium politicized. Unbelievable," she wrote successful a abstracted post.

Goldberg further alleged that during an Oval Office gathering successful December 2020, Trump was outraged erstwhile helium received the ceremonial measure for Guillén.

"At a definite point, according to 2 radical contiguous astatine the meeting, Trump asked, ‘Did they measure america for the funeral? What did it cost?’" Goldberg wrote. "According to attendees, and to contemporaneous notes of the gathering taken by a participant, an adjutant answered: Yes, we received a bill; the ceremonial outgo $60,000."

Goldberg continued, "Trump became angry. ‘It doesn’t outgo 60,000 bucks to hide a f---ing Mexican!’ He turned to his main of staff, Mark Meadows, and issued an order: ‘Don’t wage it!’ Later that day, helium was inactive agitated. ‘Can you judge it?’ helium said, according to a witness. ‘F---ing people, trying to rip maine off.’"

"The idiosyncratic qualities displayed by Trump successful his absorption to the outgo of the Guillén funeral—contempt, rage, parsimony, racism—hardly amazed his interior circle," Goldberg told readers. "Trump has often voiced his disdain for those who service successful the subject and for their devotion to duty, honor, and sacrifice."

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Flowers are laid astatine a march and vigil successful grant of murdered Army Spec. Vanessa Guillen connected July 12, 2020 successful Austin, Texas. (Sergio Flores/Getty Images)

The Atlantic's study was called retired by Meadows, among others.

"I was successful the discussions featured successful the Atlantic’s latest deed portion against President Trump. Let maine accidental this. Any proposition that President Trump disparaged Ms. Guillen oregon refused to wage for her ceremonial expenses is perfectly false," Meadows wrote connected X. "He was thing but kind, gracious, and wanted to marque definite that the subject and the U.S. authorities did close by Vanessa Guillen and her family."

Ben Williamson, Meadow's spokesman, shared a screenshot of the connection helium provided to Goldberg saying, "President Donald Trump perfectly did not accidental that," and called retired however Goldberg "translated" that remark successful the report, which said that Meadows "denied having heard Trump marque the statement."

"Treat this dishonest portion accordingly," Williamson warned.

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Theo Wold, Trump's erstwhile lawman adjunct who assisted successful translating for Trump's gathering with the Guillén family, besides spoke retired against the report.

"President Trump was genuinely acrophobic astir Vanessa Guillén and appalled by the calamity the Guillén Family were enduring," Wold wrote. "[Mayra Guiellén] was poised and assured successful advocating for her sister past and she’s close again today: The Atlantic deed portion is simply a lie. For example, President Trump had zero involvement successful the cameras. He met with the Guillén household privately for 20 minutes and offered the property gaggle solely if it would assistance them successful honoring Army Specialist Guillén and raising consciousness astir her case. He adjacent told them that time that the property are vipers. Boy was President Trump right."

The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg is nether occurrence arsenic critics impeach him of lying successful a predetermination "hit piece" against erstwhile President Trump. ( Jemal Countess/Getty Images for The Atlantic)

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The Atlantic did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

Goldberg laid retired different explosive assertion successful the portion that Trump had erstwhile said, "I request the benignant of generals that Hitler had. People who were wholly loyal to him, that travel orders," citing 2 unnamed sources who allegedly heard him accidental it successful the White House. 

A spokesperson for Trump called the assertion "absolutely false," telling Goldberg, "President Trump ne'er said this."

Notably, Goldberg was besides the writer behind the 2020 report alleging then-President Trump disparaged fallen soldiers buried astatine the Aisne-Marne American cemetery adjacent Paris as "suckers" and the onshore was "filled with losers" backmost successful 2018, each of which was based connected anonymous sources.  

Both Trump and White House officials powerfully denied Goldberg's reporting astatine the time.