Carlson and Hannity among Fox hosts who didn’t believe election fraud claims – court filings

Number of conservative political commentators expressed doubts about claims being aired on their network

Hosts at Fox News did not believe the allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election that were being aired on their programmes by supporters of former president Donald Trump, according to court filings in a $1.6bn (1.34bn) defamation lawsuit against the network.

Sidney Powell is lying" about having evidence for election fraud, Tucker Carlson wrote in a message on 16 November 2020, according to an excerpt from an exhibit that remains under seal.