Usual lies but the big one is missing: key takeaways from the Trump-Fox town hall

Network edits out baseless claims about stolen' 2020 election, which could have provoked further lawsuits

Fox News hosted a town hall event in Iowa with Donald Trump on Thursday night, allowing the president to repeat his well-worn grievances and lies. But remarkably, the pre-taped hour-long prime-time special hosted by Sean Hannity excluded any mention of Trump's conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

The first installment of the broadcast came just two weeks after CNN broadcast a chaotic, lie-laden town hall with the former president that has been harshly criticised by journalists within and outside the network.