MSNBC’s Ari Melber identified the “smoking gun” in Tucker Carlson’s personal texts, which have been revealed in Dominion Voting Methods’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit in opposition to Fox Information this week. (See his section under.)
The host on Wednesday tore into Carlson, whose texts got here to mild within the voting machine firm’s defamation case claiming Fox Information knowingly unfold lies about Dominion to prop up Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories in regards to the 2020 election. The texts revealed Carlson passionately expressed “hate” for the previous president regardless of saying the alternative on air.
“They're a smoking gun if I’ve ever seen one in a defamation case,” mentioned Melber, who then performed clips of Carlson praising Trump on his Fox Information present.
Melber referred to as out Carlson for “mainly admitting” in writing that his present is a lie.
“[He’s] confessing to each the fraud of ‘pretending’ he backs Trump in public and the failure of that endeavor, whether or not that’s measured for himself or Fox Information or the entire conservative motion,” Melber mentioned.
He continued: “Tucker Carlson’s secret personal view is a reminder of the craven and harmful mendacity alliance which props up Trump and no matter occurs to him, which might prop up folks like Trump in a time of rising authoritarian instincts in our nation.”
The MSNBC host continued that Trump’s assault on the election “was so discredited” that it rubbed Carlson the improper means in personal.
“However then he and different hosts, who additionally confirmed comparable requisite authorized information, pushed it on air anyway,” Melber mentioned. “That’s a textbook definition of the cost right here, of the civil allegation. It’s a textbook definition of defamation.”
Melber famous that solely a jury can discover Fox Information legally accountable for defamation, however gave his 2 cents on textual content transcripts from Fox stars launched up to now.
“That is a few of the most overwhelming proof of authorized defamation ever assembled in trendy First Modification legislation,” Melber mentioned.
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