After the 2020 election, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson called Donald Trump’s campaign lawyer Sidney Powell the “c” word in a text message that was made public Wednesday as part of a defamation lawsuit from $1.6B Dominion Voting Systems Against Conservative. Network.
In a late November 2020 exchange with an unidentified colleague, Carlson (who is no stranger to making offensive comments about women) privately criticized unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud promoted by Trump and his allies.
When her colleague sent Carlson a news report detailing Powell’s rejection of the Trump campaign over his increasingly wild conspiracy theories, the widely watched prime-time personality responded, “F**t. I hope she is punished”.
Days earlier, according to legal documents, Carlson said in another exchange that Powell was “lying” and described her as a “devil’s bitch” and “a crazy person.”
After the election, Carlson actually disputed Powell’s claims on air, asking him to provide evidence.
But he continued to question President Joe Biden’s victory over Trump to this day, even as other private messages previously suggested he did not buy into Trump’s baseless claims.
Dominion’s lawsuit alleges that Fox anchors falsely claimed its voting machines were responsible for Trump’s loss in 2020. In a statement to Mediaite, a Fox spokesperson said that in the most recent release of the recordings, Dominion has “carefully selected” quotes. to “deduct from the facts” of the case.
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