Tucker Carlson biographer says Fox News host was fired as condition demanded by Dominion lawsuit
Tucker Carlson biographer who spent more than 100 hours with fired Fox News host claims he was taken off air as a condition of Dominion lawsuit
- Carlson’s biographer claimed in a video on Twitter that the host was dropped by Fox as part of the $787.5 million settlement with Dominion
- Chadwick Moore, whose book “Tucker” is due out in July, said sources with “intimate knowledge of the situation” have confirmed the claim
- Fox said it was “categorically false” and a Dominion lawyer has also denied that the company demanded Carlson step down
Tucker Carlson has shared claims by his biographer that Dominion demanded that the host be suspended by Fox News as part of its $787.5 million settlement with the network — which Fox has labeled “categorically untrue.”
Chadwick Moore, whose book “Tucker” is due out in July, said his sources confirmed that Carlson’s departure on April 24 was a condition of the Dominion settlement.
The voting system company sued Fox for defamation over claims the network aired false statements about it after the 2020 election. Fox said it was “absolutely false” that Carlson’s departure was a condition of the settlement, and a Dominion attorney also rejected the claim.
In a video shared on Twitter Monday to promote the book, Moore said, “It has now been reported that his resignation was a condition demanded by Dominion as part of the settlement with Fox.
“While Dominion has denied this, my sources have intimate knowledge of the situation and have assured me even before this news leaked that it is in fact the truth.”
Chadwick Moore, whose book “Tucker” is due out in July, said his sources confirmed that Carlson’s departure on April 24 was a condition of the Dominion deal. Fox and Dominion deny the claim
Tucker Carlson, pictured on his final Fox News telecast, was dropped by Fox News in April following controversies including the network’s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion. Both Fox and Dominion have denied claims that Carlson’s departure was a condition of the settlement
Carlson retweeted the video and posted the eyes emoji.
In the video, Moore added, “If true, it would mean that a small group of people who have a controlling interest in Dominion have managed to silence what is arguably the most important and influential conservative voice in the country.” to impose, possibly until afterwards. the next presidential election.’
Fox said it was “categorically false” that Carlson’s departure was part of the network’s settlement with Dominion.
Stephen Shackelford, partner at Susman Godfrey LLP and co-leader of the Dominion case against Fox, previously told Axios“Dominion did not insist that they fire Tucker Carlson as part of the settlement.” Shackleford acknowledged that Carlson’s departure was “a result of it all.”
Moore said he spent the past year working on his biography of Carlson and “worked closely with Tucker when he was taken off the air by Fox.”
“I got to know Tucker, his family, his friends and his staff very well. In fact, I’ve come to know Tucker as the person, not the caricature his enemies try to portray,” he said.
“I was also a regular on his show and I happened to be a guest on the last episode of the show.”
Moore said he saw the monologue Carlson planned to give on April 24 before his show was canned.
Carlson planned to talk about the ‘around January 6″ and “the people and forces trying to silence him, such as AOC and others in the government.”
He said he was ‘confident in it [Carlson] will not be stopped’.
Carlson retweeted his biographer’s video and cryptically added an eyes emoji to the post
Stephen Shackelford (pictured right with Dominion Voting Systems CEO John Poulos and other members of his legal team) said, “Dominion did not insist that they fire Tucker Carlson as part of the settlement.”
Fox said it was “categorically incorrect” that Carlson’s departure was part of the network’s settlement with Dominion
Carlson now plans to launch a version of his show on Twitter.
When he announced the project earlier this month with a three-minute video titled “We’re back,” he took aim at the mainstream media, claiming that anyone who tries to tell the truth will be removed.
Before the announcement, Carlson’s powerful lawyers sent an aggressive letter to Fox arguing that the $25 million non-compete clause in his contract is no longer valid, which would in turn allow him to become a competing show or media entity. to launch.
In the video, Carlson, 54, told his followers, “Soon we’ll be bringing a new version of the show we’ve been doing for the past six and a half years to Twitter.”
The Dominion boss hailed the record-breaking settlement as a “great step forward in democracy.”
John Poulos said it was important for the political system to “send a signal that if media companies lie … and they do it knowingly, they will be willing to pay a very, very high price.”