Posted on 11/21/2020 12:12:14 PM PST by Kaslin
Well, Fox News Host Tucker Carlson seems to have gotten himself into some hot water, hasn’t he? On Thursday evening, he criticized Trump lawyer Sidney Powell for not providing evidence for some of the claims she has made regarding the presidential election and voter fraud.
On his show, Carlson explained that the attorney refused to give him evidence showing that voting software illegitimately flipped votes from President Trump to former Vice President Joe Biden. He indicated that even though Carlson’s team texted her for evidence showing that Dominion Voting Systems machines and software switched votes in Biden’s favor, she refused to provide any.
Carlson, pointing out that he did not initially dismiss her claims, said:
“On Sunday night, we texted her after watching one of her segments. What Powell was describing would amount to the single greatest crime in American history, millions of votes stolen in a day. Democracy destroyed. The end of our centuries-old system of self-government — not a small thing.”
He continued, stating that his team had “no intention of fighting with her,” and that they “simply wanted to see the details.” Carlson continued, insisting that if Powell had been willing, they would have “given her the whole hour” but that “she never sent us any evidence, despite a lot of requests.”
Then, Carlson got to the good part. He said:
“When we kept pressing, she got angry and told us to stop contacting her. When we checked with others around the Trump campaign, people in positions of authority, they told us Powell has never given them any evidence either. Nor did she provide any today at the press conference.”
He concluded by saying, “she never demonstrated that a single actual vote was moved illegitimately by software from one candidate to another. Not one.”
Tucker Carlson: “We invited Sidney Powell on the show. We would’ve given her the whole hour…But she never sent us any evidence despite a lot of requests — polite requests. Not a page. When we kept pressing, she got angry & told us to stop contacting her.”pic.twitter.com/hPHoP477D6
— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) November 20, 2020
Powell responded to Carlson’s remarks in an interview with the Washington Examiner. She said:
“Apparently Mr. Carlson missed the news conference today. I would continue to encourage him and all journalists to review all the materials we have provided so far and conduct their own investigations. Evidence continues to pour in, but a 5 minute television hit is not my focus now. Collecting evidence and preparing the case are my top priorities.”
Needless to say, Carlson’s comments elicited fiery criticism from the right. Conservatives excoriated him for appearing to attack Powell. In essence, they seem to be upset with him for failing to toe the party line.
Here’s the thing, Carlson is a political commentator and a journalist. It’s his job to ask for evidence, especially in a high-stakes story like this, especially when it involves bold claims that could literally prove that the entire election was fraudulent. If the voting software was designed to cheat, it would completely undermine faith in American elections.
Also, Powell’s reasoning for not providing evidence to support her claims is a bit odd. Carlson would have already watched the press conference, which is how he would know that she didn’t quite provide evidence while addressing reporters.
Of course, there is also the possibility that Powell can’t divulge the evidence until later during the court proceedings. In fact, this seems to be the most likely explanation. But if that were the case, why didn’t she just say, “Hey, I can’t reveal any of this stuff until later, Mr. Tucky Wucky?”
It would have been super easy, right?
Either way, Carlson has the right to ask for evidence to prove someone’s claims whether he actually receives it or not. That’s how journalism works.
But regardless of this little tiff, it appears that Carlson might get his wish soon. During an appearance with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo, Powell stated that she would be able to prove her claims in court “within two weeks.”
Powell told Bartiromo, “We have more evidence now than the present population is imprisoned on.” She continued, claiming that people “in the control room” saw how the votes were flipped in real-time.
“We have evidence now of information from the systems going to three or four different foreign countries during the time of the election, those countries themselves could have watched the live votes come in and changed at the numbers,” the lawyer said. “There’s significant evidence of foreign interference from the worst communist countries on the Earth with our election.”
When the Fox host asked Powell what the “most stunning, most egregious” piece of evidence Trump’s legal team has the attorney brought up a military officer “who saw it all done and was there when it was created.”
She added, “We’ve got all kinds of evidence that is mathematically irrefutable by experts, including three professors at Princeton, and it all proves the same thing, the evidence of individual poll watchers who saw votes come in, saw the machines manipulated.”
If Powell’s claims are accurate, then the nation might be in for an earth-shattering surprise within two weeks. But this appears to be the last opportunity for the president’s team to prove that the election was stolen. If his legal team doesn’t deliver the goods, the battle over the election will likely be over.
“I would continue to encourage him and all journalists to review all the materials we have provided so far and conduct their own investigations.”
Good point from Powell. Are any of the news organizations investigating possible fraud? Are any going beyond saying “without evidence”?
What I don’t get is why anyone ever thought Tucker was so special? I have never been able to watch his whole hour. Even “brilliant” snippets of his talking head would leave me wondering, what do good folks see in him?
I watched the news conference and that is what I heard too. And I’m on day 9 or so of my Foxaholic recovery and I’m doing just fine.
It’s obvious, that with tucker, it’s about his paycheck.
Tucker Romney, or Mittens Carlson...hmm...decisions, decisions...
And that’s what he said last night. In fact he said he HOPED she has the evidence and that it proves the fraud beyond a doubt.
The opinions of media figgers like him don’t matter, what matters is what happens in legislative chambers and courtrooms where actual power is wielded.
This is where they have to be smart. It’s really unfair for a lawyer to say she’s “not trying this case in the court of public opinion” ... while she’s doing a TV interview whose sole purpose is to broadcast her side of the case to millions of people in a TV audience.
“It’s obvious, that with tucker, it’s about his paycheck.”
Well, he’s a golden spoon child and heir to a fortune.
I suspect it’s more about being accepted in the A-list elite crowd.
“Where’s Q?”
Eating Cheetos and posting on 4Chan /pol/ threads.
She wasn't ready to divulge what she had at that time. Besides that, she was busy trying to save this nation.
I suspect you are right. He is a very very fake conservative. Shame on him.
Cucker Tarlson never bothered to offer any actual evidence that his paperwork went missing from a box shipped via UPS.
Yep...he's definitely out of the loop on this now. And he deserves to be.
Right, we all heard that.
And yet Tucker continued with what I would call the msm’s talking point: no evidence.
He’s not dumb, but he’s adopted the same talking point as CNN.
There’s no defense for that.
He’s been bought off.
Ugh. "could have".
"a military officer 'who saw it all done and was there when it was created.'"
Probably General McInerney, who can testify as to the existence of backdoors to manipulate the results, but has no direct knowledge of it being done on November 3-4.
“We’ve got all kinds of evidence that is mathematically irrefutable by experts,
Good evidence, but still circumstantial.
Tucker Carlson is an honest man and has done more than just about anyone defining the issues especially pointing out the vile criminality of Joe Biden. It is unreasonable to criticize him for asking to see the actual evidence , which we all need to see, regarding the fraud. Most rational conservative who followed the election tabulations on election night are faily certain that overt fraud involving paper ballots in the big Democrat controlled urban areas of Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Detroit, Atlanta, Phoenix, Chicago, LA, New York City and most of NJ resulted in the criminal Biden stealing this election. Carlson is right. It must be proven, the results corrected or people will lose faith in fair elections. Much is at stake. Tucker is right to demand the actual evidence.
Tucker is one of the good guys. That the Democrats are amoral thieves is a given and should suprise no one. What people should be upset with is the Republican National infrastructure. These people are purported political professionals and knew full well that the Democrats in these urban areas would overtly steal. What did they do in advance to stop or mitigate it? The inaction underscores the less than full support that Trump received throughout his term by the political professionals who were employed to help him and implement his policies.
With the way the political climate in this country is right now, and with the media, and big tech being 100% in the bag for the Democrats, why would anyone, especially those that have had stellar careers for many years, put all of that on the line just to lie to the American people?
I think Sidney has built up the hype so much to the point that when the facts come out people will be disappointed.
I understand the PR part....but she is over the top even if she has the goods.
Some of her talk sounds like headlines you read on the cover of the National Enquirer.
Tucker can ask any questions he’d like. He asked Sydney to give him the proof. Any attorney that knows what they’re doing already knows that you never talk to any media about what proof you might have on a case, friendly media or otherwise. Media does not get to decide what needs to be decided by a judge. He’s a big whiny baby that doesn’t like to do the hard lifting or his job.
MotherTucker is dead to me as is all of faux news.
If you are still in the process of building a case, it would be insane to reveal all your findings to the other side while they still have time to destroy evidence. I say give her time to do her job right.
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