Behar Rips Move to Remove Reporters: ‘Who’s Karoline Leavitt Going to Lie to?’

Joy Behar Slams Trump’s Suggestion of Removing Journalists: ‘Who’s Karoline Leavitt Going to Lie to?’

Tom Durante Oct 15th, 2025, 12:56 pm

Joy Behar and the other panelists at tore into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump over a proposed new press policy at the Pentagon after the president floated the notion that the White House could follow suit.

took turns slamming Hegseth on Wednesday’s show, with Behar saying that if Hegseth wanted to contain leaks in his department, he should start by looking within.

“It’s kind of ironic, because Hegseth is the leaker in chief,” she said.

Sara Haines agreed, adding: “ Signalgate .”

But when it came to Trump’s remarks on Wednesday that he has the option of moving reporters at the White House “across the street,”