Overview
- Roberts apologized in an all-staff meeting, saying he should have clarified that refusing to "cancel" allies does not endorse platforming or "softball" interviews with extremists.
- He told employees he was willing to resign but asked to "clean it up," as multiple senior fellows said they lacked confidence in his leadership and some urged a public break with Carlson.
- Video of the tense meeting leaked after the COO warned leakers could be fired, and Roberts acknowledged the phrase "venomous coalition" was a "terrible" choice for Jewish colleagues.
- Roberts said ex–chief of staff Ryan Neuhaus wrote the original defense video script and has since resigned, while Roberts claimed he "didn’t know much" about Fuentes at the time.
- Resignations and suspensions from Heritage’s antisemitism task force continued, including letters from the Coalition for Jewish Values and the Combat Antisemitism Movement, with others like the National Jewish Advocacy Center and individual members also cutting ties.