Tucker Carlson’s spin on January 6 is a lie – I should know. I was there

Fox News conspiracy theorist Tucker Carlson began airing footage this week of the January 6th insurrection, which House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gifted to him exclusively. And just as I anticipated, the footage was manipulated and selectively edited to fit an extreme MAGA narrative espoused by Carlson, former President Donald Trump and the leaders of the new Republican House majority.

Even his own legal team has acknowledged that Carlson doesn’t recite “actual facts” on the topics he discusses on air. And now we have yet another indication that Carlson himself doesn’t believe what he talks about on air.

Legal filings made public on Tuesday as part of Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, expose Carlson as a fraud.

In one private text message two days before the January 6 attack, Carlson said, “We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. I truly can’t wait.” Carlson added of Trump, “I hate him passionately.” He also wrote that the four years of the Trump presidency had been “a disaster.”