Multiple sources confirmed the layoffs, with one former employee speculating that the network might be cutting staff to save money due to the ongoing lawsuit.
"She makes it, inevitably, about her. How she was brave enough to take on the big, bad leader of CNN for this issue...oh, please. Everyone is criticizing the guy."
These remarks from Zaslav came after Christiane Amanpour openly discussed Licht and CNN's recent Trump town hall during her commencement address at Columbia Journalism School.