Karoline Leavitt Calls on ABC News to 'Immediately' Retract Iran Story Warning Of Imminent Attack on West Coast [View all]

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called on ABC News to “immediately” retract a story reporting that Iran was planning to retaliate for American attacks by launching drone strikes on the West Coast.

An FBI alert from the end of February that was reviewed by ABC News read:

We recently acquired information that as of early February 2026, Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an unidentified vessel off the coast of the United State Homeland, specifically against unspecified targets in California, in the event that the US conducted strikes against Iran. We have no additional information on the timing, method, target, or perpetrators of this alleged attack.

Leavitt called the ABC News story misleading because the intelligence was “unverified.”

“This post and story should be immediately retracted by ABC News for providing false information to intentionally alarm the American people,” Leavitt wrote Thursday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/karoline-leavitt-calls-abc-news-172040838.html

MAGA trying to walk their bullshit back.