When the colleague sent Carlson a news report detailing the Trump campaign’s ousting of Powell because of increasingly wild conspiracy theories, the widely-watched prime-time personality replied: “That’s it. I hope he gets punished.”
A few days earlier, per the legal filing, Carlson said in another exchange that Powell “lied” and described him as a “brazen old man” and a “crazy man.”
After the election, Carlson actually challenged Powell’s claims on air by asking him to provide evidence.
But he has continued to question President Joe Biden’s victory over Trump so far, despite other private messages earlier suggesting he isn’t buying Trump’s baseless claims.
Dominion’s lawsuit alleges that the Fox host made false claims that voting machines were to blame for Trump’s defeat in 2020. In a statement to Mediaite, a Fox spokesperson said Dominion had the latest footage of “cherry-picked” quotes to “deflect from the facts” of the case. mentioned.