Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson continued to sow doubt in the 2020 election results Monday night despite a high-stakes defamation case over the network’s fraud claims—which court documents suggest Carlson knew were false—as he aired exclusive footage of the January 6 attack and used it to downplay the riots.
Carlson introduced the January 6 footage Monday, which House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) gave him exclusively, by saying the rioters were “right” to believe “that the election they had just voted in had been unfairly conducted.”
He continued, saying “it is clear the 2020 election was a grave betrayal of American democracy,” adding, “No honest person can deny it.”
While Carlson has cast doubt on the 2020 election in the past, his new comments come as Fox News prepares to defend itself in a defamation case brought by voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems, which alleges Fox anchors including Carlson repeatedly pushed election fraud claims despite knowing they were false.
The lawsuit, which was first filed in March 2021, has gained attention in recent weeks in light of new court filings with Fox anchors saying the fraud claims were false, including Carlson saying conspiracy theories involving Dominion machines were “insane” and “absurd” and it was “shockingly reckless” to be pushing them.
According to messages obtained by Dominion, Carlson also called former President Donald Trump “a demonic force, a destroyer” after the January 6 attack and...
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