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

The Atlantic is facing aggravated scrutiny complete a study alleging former President Trump disparaged a slain Mexican-American Army backstage while he was successful office, pinch immoderate progressive pinch nan 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 relationship pinch nan family of 20-year-old Vanessa Guillén, nan 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 family astatine nan White House and offered to supply financial assistance to screen nan ceremonial costs. 

According to nan report, Natalie Khawam, Guillén's family attorney, 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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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)

Khawam accused Goldberg of lying. 

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

"As everyone knows, not only did Trump support our military, he besides invited my clients to nan Oval Office and supported nan I Am Vanessa Guillen measure too. I’m grateful we were successful successful getting bipartisan support of nan I Am Vanessa Guillen Act, and because of everyone’s difficult activity and efforts our work members now person much protections and authorities while serving our country," she added. 

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

"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 said. "President Donald Trump did thing but show respect to my family & 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 he received nan ceremonial measure for Guillén.

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

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

"The individual qualities displayed by Trump successful his guidance to nan costs of nan Guillén funeral—contempt, rage, parsimony, racism—hardly amazed his soul circle," Goldberg told readers. "Trump has often voiced his disdain for those who service successful nan 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 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."

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.

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Theo Wold, Trump's erstwhile lawman adjunct who assisted successful translating for Trump's gathering pinch nan Guillén family, besides said retired against nan report.

"President Trump was genuinely concerned astir Vanessa Guillén and appalled by nan calamity nan Guillén Family were enduring," Wold wrote. "[Mayra Guiellén] was poised and assured successful advocating for her sister past and she’s correct again today: The Atlantic deed portion is simply a lie. For example, President Trump had zero liking successful nan cameras. He met pinch nan Guillén family privately for 20 minutes and offered nan property gaggle solely if it would assistance them successful honoring Army Specialist Guillén and raising consciousness astir her case. He moreover told them that time that nan 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 declare successful nan portion that Trump had erstwhile said, "I request nan benignant of generals that Hitler had. People who were wholly loyal to him, that travel orders," citing 2 unnamed sources who allegedly heard him opportunity it successful nan White House. 

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

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

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