Sister of slain Army private Trump reportedly disparaged says The Atlantic misled her about story's focus

The sister and family lawyer of 20-year-old Vanessa Guillén, nan slain Army backstage who The Atlantic claimed erstwhile President Trump disparaged while successful office, appeared exclusively connected "The Ingraham Angle" to rebuke nan report. 

Mayra Guillén called retired The Atlantic's "vile" editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg who authored nan study alleging Trump referred to his sister, nan girl of Mexican immigrants who was murdered by a chap worker astatine Fort Hood successful 2020, arsenic a "f---ing Mexican" and refused to salary nan money he promised to supply for her funeral. 

"It was conscionable hurtful successful each kinds of ways," Guillén told Fox News' Laura Ingraham connected Wednesday. "It brought backmost truthful galore bad memories that we had fixed already aft 4 agelong years, and it was conscionable a slap successful nan look to my family, myself, being nan main spokesperson for them and for my sister, who unluckily passed away. It was conscionable a dishonesty from nan very beginning, and it was very upsetting."

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Mayra Guillén and lawyer Natalie Khawam said pinch Fox News' Laura Ingraham astir The Atlantic's "gotcha" communicative astir erstwhile President Trump. (Fox News Channel)

Natalie Khawam, nan family attorney, said she was first confronted by Goldberg for nan communicative backmost successful January, but was told nan communicative was astir nan four-year day of Vanessa Guillén's murder. 

"He first reached retired to me, and he said he was willing successful doing [a communicative of] nan four-year day of Vanessa's murder," Khawam said. "I texted Mayra. I said, 'Hey, tin you return it from here? You wanna speak to him astir Vanessa's case? They're gonna talk much issues astir nan case, things he found.' And she said to him successful January. He reached retired again to maine conscionable precocious and this is wherever nan communicative popped up and evidently bamboozled with. It wasn't really, you know, talking astir Vanessa here. It was conscionable a gotcha pinch Trump."

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When asked whether she felt she was misled by Goldberg, Mayra Guillén replied "most definitely."

"Initially, erstwhile we first spoke, he did mention that this was going to be, again, a wrap-up of nan four-year day and really we passed authorities and each nan achievements that were done successful Vanessa's honor," Guillén said, adding that Goldberg did not show her astir nan disparaging comments he planned to study astir Trump and that he told her he expected to communicative to beryllium published astir April. 

"I released a connection to him, letting him cognize that I was not happy astir what he was going to release, and I did not wish to beryllium a portion of it anymore, aliases person my sister's sanction beryllium a portion of that article. And he still proceeded to not only people it, but fundamentally stain my sister's image pinch this, and it's very upsetting," she later said.

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)

"This piece… was afloat of lies," Khawam said. "I myself said to him and I told him definite things. For a matter of fact, I said I could not speak astir nan rumor astir these things and not these things. And past he says, 'Natalie Khawam said this,' and that was not true. I mean, that's what really bothers me. I've worked pinch some sides of nan aisle, pinch producers and reporters and nan media for years, some sides of nan aisle. I've ne'er had to woody pinch personification that conscionable went that debased beneath nan loop conscionable to get a communicative out. It was, rather honestly, it was wrong. It was unethical. And I had to return connected that position of I'm gonna telephone him out."

In consequence to "The Ingraham Angle," The Atlantic issued a connection saying "Everyone should publication this basal reporting successful The Atlantic." 

Goldberg besides appeared to disregard nan disapproval from Guillén, Khawam and others of his report, telling CNN "I don't make overmuch of them astatine all."

"The sister wasn't successful nan meeting. The lawyer for nan family wasn't successful nan meeting. Mark Meadows was successful nan meeting. Kash Patel was successful nan meeting. A full bunch of elder officials were successful nan meeting. I person sources who were sitting successful that meeting. I person contemporaneous notes taken by participants successful that gathering that picture precisely what I described successful nan story," Goldberg said Tuesday night. 

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

Goldberg began his study connected Trump's relationship pinch nan Guillén family successful July 2020 erstwhile they visited nan White House. While consoling nan family, Trump offered offered to supply financial assistance to screen nan ceremonial costs. But Goldberg reported Trump became enraged erstwhile he sewage nan bill, refusing to salary it, saying, "It doesn’t costs 60,000 bucks to hide a f---ing Mexican!"

According to nan report, Khawam told Goldberg nan family did not person money from Trump and that nan costs were yet covered successful portion by nan Army and donations. 

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Both Mayra Guillén and Khawam took to societal media to blast nan report.

"Wow. I don’t admit really you are exploiting my sister’s decease for politics- hurtful & disrespectful to nan important changes she made for work members," Guillén wrote connected X. "President Donald Trump did thing but show respect to my family & Vanessa. In fact, I voted for President Trump today."

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

The study included on-the-record denials from Trump's then-chief of unit Mark Meadows and Kash Patel, nan erstwhile main of unit of then-Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller, who allegedly were astatine nan meeting.

Meadows said retired against The Atlantic.

"I was successful nan discussions featured successful nan Atlantic’s latest deed portion against President Trump. Let maine opportunity this. Any proposal that President Trump disparaged Ms. Guillen aliases refused to salary for her ceremonial expenses is perfectly false," Meadows wrote connected X. "He was thing but kind, gracious, and wanted to make judge that nan subject and nan U.S. authorities did correct by Vanessa Guillen and her family."

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Ben Williamson, Meadow's spokesman, shared a screenshot of nan connection he provided to Goldberg saying, "President Donald Trump perfectly did not opportunity that," and called retired really Goldberg "translated" that remark successful nan report, which said that Meadows "denied having heard Trump make nan statement."

"Treat this dishonest portion accordingly," Williamson warned.