Fox’s Jennifer Griffin Calls Navalny Death ‘A Mafia-Style Message From Putin’
Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin called the death of Alexei Navalny a “mafia style message” from Russian President Vladimir Putin to world leaders gathered in Munich, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Griffin, the chief national security correspondent for Fox News, spoke by phone on Friday to give her reaction to the death of Navalny. The reporter noted in a chat with Brian Kilmeade that she lived in Moscow for three years and has covered Russia and Putin long enough to read between the lines on Navalny’s sudden death at 47.
“Well, Brian, as you know, I lived in Moscow for three years and I’ve been following the Vladimir Putin kleptocracy and autocracy for the past 25 years,” she said. “What is notable about Navalny’s death is the timing of the announcement. It is coming as the global leaders are meeting in Munich at a security conference to figure out how to deter Russia’s president Vladimir Putin, how to deal with an expansionist Russia. This message that is being sent to those leaders, it’s a mafia-style message from Putin, from the Kremlin.”
Griffin further noted it’s “no coincidence” that Zelensky was taking the stage in Munich shortly after Navalny’s death was revealed.
Griffin and Fox & Friends co-host Lawrence Jones also got into a heated sparring session over Ukrainian aid and more while discussing Navalny and Vice President Kamala’s Harris’ reaction. Harris said in Munich on Friday that Russia is “responsible” for Navalny’s death and the administration will have more to say on the matter soon.
The Federal Penitentiary Service for Yamal revealed news of Navalny’s death, claiming he collapsed while walking and could not be resuscitated.
The vocal Putin critic has been imprisoned since 2021 on charges he called politically motivated. He was jailed after returning to Russia following recovery from a poisoning he blamed on the Kremlin.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul told MSNBC on Friday that it is “crystal clear” Putin is behind the death of his “friend.”
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan called the news a “terrible tragedy” and said there are “real and obvious questions” that need to be asked considering Russia’s “sordid history of doing harm to its opponents.”
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