'100% false': Fox News hit with defamation threat from lawyer over reported firing

Fox News was hit with a stern threat on Tuesday after the outlet published a story about an employee of the Internal Revenue Service being fired.

The report alleges that Holly Paz was terminated from the agency on Monday. The report describes Paz as a "top aide and confidante to former Obama official Lois Lerner, who targeted conservatives and conservative groups" and a "key link" between the IRS bureaus that investigated conservative groups.

Paz's lawyer, Mark Zaid, responded to the story on X.

"This story is 100% false," Zaid posted on X. "My firm represents Holly Paz and she has absolutely not been fired by IRS."

"We have sent @FoxNews a legal demand to withdraw this story completely and will pursue defamation litigation if necessary," the post continued.

This is not the first time that President Donald Trump's administration has tried to fire an official with whom it disagreed through a media leak. Trump also claimed that Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook had been fired from the central bank, although Cook and her lawyers dispute Trump's assertion.

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