After the anchor was suspended in the wake of the Access Hollywood video’s leak, Bush’s supporters and legal team claimed he was being unfairly punished for Donald Trump’s incendiary words.
Neither Oppenheim’s statement nor Bush’s (which was geared more towards the support he’s received) hinted at negative undercurrents, but then that’s to be expected.
The announcement was made internally through NBC via a memo from Today exec Noah Oppenheim, in which it was stated that while Bush was new to this particular venture, he was “a valued colleague and longtime member of the broader NBC family.”