Tucker Carlson firestorm over Trump texts threatens to engulf Fox News
by Edward Helmore in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#69R0M)
The network is facing a $1.6bn false-claims lawsuit - and its top star's private texts about the ex-president are causing anguish
Tucker Carlson was once seen as untouchable. Now the most popular TV host on American cable news is at the center of a firestorm threatening to engulf Fox News and also anger Donald Trump, whose conspiracy theory-laden political cause he has long championed and who his audience loves.
Court filings attached to the $1.6bn Dominion Voting Systems defamation suit accuse Fox News of allowing its stars to broadcast false accusations about rigged voting machines in the 2020 presidential election.
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