The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into an alleged hack of internal Fox News video footage of former host Tucker Carlson that was leaked to media organizations.
On the day Fox News dismissed Tucker Carlson last month, the right-wing firebrand planned to spin a tale that baselessly suggested a pro-Trump protester was actually an FBI informant who started the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Fired Fox News host Tucker Carlson was hellbent on spinning a conspiracy theory that the FBI had instigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, said former producer Abby Grossberg, who is suing the station for alleged discrimination.
Frank Figliuzzi, the FBI’s former assistant director for counterintelligence, slammed Fox News host Tucker Carlson for peddling Russian propaganda.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson has become the latest conservative voice to peddle a baseless conspiracy theory that the FBI orchestrated the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan contradicted Fox News’ Tucker Carlson by saying “there is a rise” in white supremacy-fueled domestic terrorism.
