Trump ups his attacks on ‘MAGA Hating Globalist RINO’ Rupert Murdoch

Donald Trump continued to be angry with Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday after the publication of startling insider messages in the Dominion lawsuit, saying the billionaire journalist should go out of business and defending primetime hosts who aired voter fraud conspiracies on their spots.

The new attack follows the release of an explosive statement and internal Fox News emails from the co-chairman of Fox Corporation as part of the ongoing lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, including one expressing Murdoch’s thoughts to a company executive about disparage Trump after his supporters attacked the Capitol. January 6th

“We want Trump not to be a person,” Murdoch wrote. That came amid a series of messages released as part of court documents showing top Fox executives and on-air talent criticizing and even ridiculing some of the unsubstantiated voter-rigging theories that Trump allies were making. presenting. In another email, Murdoch called Trump’s voter fraud claims “nonsense and mischief.” He said in the statement that the on-air hosts endorsed the “stolen election lies.”

Trump, who is now seeking to recapture the White House, continues to defend the claims, despite a series of courts ruling against election challenges by him and his allies.

‘If Rupert Murdoch honestly believes that the 2020 presidential election, despite a HUGE amount of evidence to the contrary, was not Rigged & Stollen, then he and his MAGA Hating Globalist RINOS group should get out of the news business ASAP. . because they are aiding and abetting the DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA with FAKE NEWS,’ Trump wrote.

Trump then came to the defense of anonymous ‘patriotic’ Fox hosts, who invited guests, including attorney Sidney Powell, to promote election conspiracies, even as other primetime hosts said they thought she was crazy.

‘Certain BRAVE AND PATRIOTIC FoxNews hosts, whom he despises and ridicules, got it right. He was wrong. THEY SHOULD BE ADMIRED AND PRAISED, NOT REBELATED OR ABANDONED!!!’ Trump wrote on his Truth Social site.

in a new legal filing In Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox, Murdoch said some of his hosts aired the “false notion” of a stolen election, but defended the company overall.

Fox no, no, fox no. But maybe Lou Dobbs, maybe Maria [Bariromo]as commentators.’

Murdoch in a statement as part of a Dominion lawsuit named the hosts, including Jeanine Pirro, who conveyed the false notion of a stolen election.

Murdoch called fired broadcaster Lou Dobbs an ‘extremist’

When asked about host Jeanine Pirro, Murdoch replied: “I think so.”

When asked about Dobbs, he replied, “Oh, a lot.” And she said that Hannity did ‘a little’.

Murdoch also said he “suggested or urged” Dobbs to be fired because “he was an extremist,” though internal emails reveal top executives were concerned about losing viewers amid Trump’s attacks and following his decision to call to Arizona for Joe Biden, a move that angered Trump. supporters

“I wish we were stronger in reporting it, in hindsight,” Murdoch said of the fraud claims that the top-rated cable network repeatedly aired.

In another email, Murdoch told former House Speaker Paul Ryan, who sits on Fox’s board of directors, that host Sean Hannity had been “privately upset with Trump for weeks, but was afraid of losing spectators”.

Murdoch also did not say that host Tucker Carlson endorsed voter fraud, though he said it was “wrong” for Carlson to have My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell on January 26, 2021 to make false accusations against Dominion without denying them.

Dominion is seeking damages in a defamation lawsuit over claims about its voting machines that were broadcast on the network.

Fox has said in court that he was airing fraud charges brought by a political figure, the president, and that his coverage enjoys First Amendment protections.

In a statement to DailyMail.com on Tuesday, a Fox spokeswoman said: “The Dominion lawsuit has always been more about what will generate headlines than what can stand up to legal and factual scrutiny, as illustrated by the fact that now be forced to reduce their extravagant claim for damages further.” half a billion dollars after her own expert debunked her implausible claims.

“Your motion for summary judgment took an extreme and baseless view of libel law that would prevent journalists from doing basic reporting and your efforts to publicly smear FOX for covering and commenting on the allegations of a sitting President of the United States should to be recognized for what they are: a flagrant violation of the First Amendment.