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Carlson: Tony Podesta's Lawyer Sent a Cease and Desist Letter to Shut Down Our Reporting...
Town Hall ^ | 10/31/2017 | Leah Barkoukis

Posted on 10/31/2017 8:18:30 AM PDT by Signalman

Fox News’s Tucker Carlson said Monday that he received a cease and desist letter from Tony Podesta’s lawyer over his reporting on the Podesta Group.

Not only does the threatening letter demand Carlson stop discussing reports about the group but that they also retract and delete all previous reporting as well. This, Carlson said, was an effort to “use fear to control press coverage.”

“Podesta isn’t just complaining about us, he’s threatening us,” Carlson said on his show Monday.

The letter, he continued, “demands that the show ‘immediately cease and desist disseminating false and misleading reports about Mr. Podesta and the Podesta group.’ It demands we retract and delete all our prior reporting on the Podesta group and warns that if we don’t do this, ‘Mr. Podesta may pursue legal action, including for damages in order to fully protect his rights.”

The lawyer also said Carlson could not quote from the letter publicly, citing the copyright act, which Carlson clearly did not listen to.

But the Fox News host found the most “amusing” line of the letter to be the lawyer’s claim that “Paul Manafort did not work with the Podesta Group in its representation of the European center for a modern Ukraine.”

Tucker said it was obvious the lawyer had not read the Manafort indictment, which clearly stated otherwise.

“Maybe we’re being too literal about this,” Carlson said. “Podesta’s lawyer wasn’t trying to inform us of anything — but to threaten us, to shut down our reporting on his client. One lawyer we talked to earlier today said the Podesta people have used this tactic with others before, it’s common. It’s an effort to use fear to control press coverage. We’re not intimidated, we have ample evidence from Mueller’s indictment and from a number of confidential sources to paint a pretty clear picture of exactly what the Podesta Group was doing for years here in Washington. We’ll let the facts speak for themselves, and we’re confident the Mueller investigation will be revealing a lot more about his lobbying practices in the near future.”


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: carlson; ecmu; johnpodesta; manafortpodestagroup; podesta; podestagroup; strongarmtactics; threats; tonypodesta; tucker; ukraine
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Carlson: Tony Podesta's Lawyer Sent a Cease and Desist Letter to Shut Down Our Reporting on Podesta Group

1 posted on 10/31/2017 8:18:31 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

Hillary probably told them to do it.


2 posted on 10/31/2017 8:20:52 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: Signalman

The DNC is a hive of scum and villainy.


3 posted on 10/31/2017 8:22:11 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Signalman

Discovery man.Discovery


4 posted on 10/31/2017 8:22:50 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Col Frank Slade

Well aren’t they flying monkeys?


5 posted on 10/31/2017 8:22:51 AM PDT by stanne
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To: Signalman

Flak very heavy over high-value target


6 posted on 10/31/2017 8:23:47 AM PDT by samtheman (Where is the Clinton Dossier that is the product of Trump/Russian collusion?)
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To: Signalman; All

Didn’t anyone tell the Podesta group that odunga wasn’t present_dent anymore — No more threats or intimidation from the DOJ civil rights division...


7 posted on 10/31/2017 8:26:05 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: Rurudyne

YES! I always had something come to mind when watching the Democrats (particularly their convention) — the bar scene in Star Wars.


8 posted on 10/31/2017 8:26:24 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Signalman
The lawyer also said Carlson could not quote from the letter publicly, citing the copyright act, which Carlson clearly did not listen to.

Well I suppose he would have to hold it up and let the cameras zoom in on it so the viewers could read it for themselves.

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9 posted on 10/31/2017 8:27:40 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Signalman

I’m sure all the msm will come to tucker’s defense.


10 posted on 10/31/2017 8:28:41 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Signalman
"Mr. Podesta may pursue legal action"

I hope he sues. Could give Carlson access to all sorts of info about the Podesta Group.

11 posted on 10/31/2017 8:29:22 AM PDT by lacrew
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To: Signalman

Apparently the First Amendment is null and void because “I have a lawyer”.


12 posted on 10/31/2017 8:31:19 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: Signalman

I guess the Podesta people don’t watch Tucker, they could have saved the paper and lawyer fees...

I hope Tucker has a detail watching over his family and pets...

These scumbags live below Dante ninth ring...


13 posted on 10/31/2017 8:32:12 AM PDT by Popman (My sin was great, Your love was greater  What could separate us now…)
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To: Signalman

Oh, this is standard operating procedure for attorneys representing Democrats. I knew an attorney who was involved in one of the “birther” suits who received a similar threatening letter from none other than an attorney with the Perkins Coie firm. He paid as much attention to that letter as Tucker Carlson has to this one ... unfortunately, that attorney didn’t have a mic like Tucker’s. So thankful Tucker is armed that way.


14 posted on 10/31/2017 8:32:13 AM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Signalman

Mueller may have inadvertently smacked the tar baby.


15 posted on 10/31/2017 8:33:33 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Inernet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Signalman

Target.................flak...................must be there...............


16 posted on 10/31/2017 8:35:25 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Signalman
The lawyer also said Carlson could not quote from the letter publicly, citing the copyright act

The lawyer is a comedian too

17 posted on 10/31/2017 8:38:15 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Signalman

Fine, let him sue.


18 posted on 10/31/2017 8:38:19 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Signalman

Gosh....where is the letter?


19 posted on 10/31/2017 8:42:05 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: bigbob

The letter is step #1. Step#2 is for Clinton Inc. to arrange a botched robbery of both brothers. Step #3 is to pay the FBI for doing the wet work.


20 posted on 10/31/2017 8:46:19 AM PDT by blackdog
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