Former Fox News reporter sues after he was allegedly fired for protesting January 6 coverage

Jason Donner accuses Fox News of firing him after he said inaccurate reporting of Capitol attack would get us all killed'

Fox News is being sued by a former Capitol Hill reporter who accuses the network of discriminating and retaliating against him because he refused to appease Donald Trump and the former president's supporters by propagating lies about the stolen" 2020 election.

Jason Donner, who worked for Fox News for 12 years as a Capitol Hill reporter and producer, accuses the network of firing him because he spoke out against the coverage of Trump's stolen election lie and the storming of the Capitol building on 6 January 2021. He was the victim of a wider purge of the newsroom, the lawsuit claims, designed to hold up the network's ratings by playing along with election denial.