Tucker Carlson has claimed the CIA read his text messages leading up to the war with Iran in an effort to frame him as a foreign agent.
The conservative pundit, 56, said the Department of Justice is preparing to charge him with being an unregistered foreign agent for the Iranian regime on the CIA’s recommendation, during a video posted on X Saturday night.
“The CIA is preparing some kind of criminal referral against me, a crime report to the Department of Justice, on the basis of a supposed crime I committed,” the former Fox News host said in the video released Saturday.
“What’s that crime? Well, talking to people in Iran before the war,” Carlson added. “They [the CIA] read my texts.”
Carlson claimed he is set to be charged under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (1938), which requires anyone being paid by foreign governments for lobbying or political advocacy to register with the DoJ.
The conservative firebrand, who has been an outspoken critic of President Trump’s Operation Epic Fury, denied that he was an Iranian asset.
“I’m not an agent of a foreign power. Unlike a lot of people commenting on US politics and global affairs, I have only one loyalty and that’s the United States and have never acted against it,” he said, adding that he has “never taken money” from another country.
“Don’t need it, don’t want it,” Carlson said, insisting that communicating with foreign sources is part of his job as a journalist and commentator.
“It’s my job to talk to everybody all the time and try to figure out what’s happening around the world,” he said. “I’m an American. I can talk to anybody.” --->READ MORE HERE
Right-wing media personality has criticized president’s war with Iran as ‘absolutely disgusting and evil’
Right-wing media commentator Tucker Carlson claims President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice could be building a criminal case against him.
In a clip shared Saturday evening on X, Carlson said the CIA is “preparing some kind of criminal referral” against him to the Justice Department “on the basis of a supposed crime.” The former Fox News host claimed investigators had read his text messages and that the supposed probe relates to “talking to people in Iran before the war.”
“The crime under consideration, apparently, would be the foreign agent act or something like that, acting as an agent of a foreign power,” he said.
Carlson may be referring to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which requires that “certain agents of foreign principals who are engaged in political activities or other activities specified under the statute” make regular disclosures about their work, according to the Justice Department.
The podcaster did not appear to provide evidence for his claims. The Independent has requested comment from the Justice Department and CIA.
Carlson said he’s “not too worried about an actual criminal case” for a number of reasons, including that he’s “not an agent of a foreign power” and has “never taken money from anybody.”
“It’s my job to talk to everybody all the time and try and figure out what's happening around the world. That's literally what I do for a living, and I'm not going to stop doing that, nor should I, I don’t think,” he said.
“I'm also an American. I can talk to anybody. I have no secrets to divulge. So, legally, I think the case is ludicrous, and I doubt it'll even become a case,” he continued.
The popular conservative media personality, who hosts The Tucker Carlson Show podcast, has recently criticized the president over his war with Iran, including condemning the military campaign as “absolutely disgusting and evil” in a statement to ABC News’ Jonathan Karl late last month, just hours after the attacks began. --->READ MORE HERE
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