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Hunter Biden plans lawsuit against Fox News amid 'conspiracy of disinformation' - Alternet.org

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Donald Trump's efforts to sue the Pulitzer Prize board over defamation claims took a turn for the president last week, according to a new report from Law & Crime, after the board demanded extensive documents in discovery pertaining to everything from his psychological history to his prescription medication use.

Trump first sued the board back in 2022over a statement the board released defending prizes it awarded in 2018 to the New York Timesand theWashington Postreporting related to collusion between his first presidential campaign and the Russian government, after Trump demanded that the prizes be rescinded. The board's statement explained that "two independent reviews" of the reports awarded in 2018 showed that no aspects of them were refuted by special counsel Robert Mueller's Russian collusion findings, despite Trump's claims.

In claiming defamation from this statement, Trump's lawsuit nevertheless called the Russia connection a "now-debunked theory," and alleged that he suffered reputational harm and damages from it.

As of Thursday, the case had reached the discovery phase, with the Pulitzer board submitting a 12-page filing with a "litany of broad discovery demands" for Trump's legal team. In addition to demanding more typical documents pertaining to Trump's various lawsuits and claims about the political impact of the Pulitzer Prizes, the board also requested a wide range of documents detailing much more personal and intimate details.

This includes "all" of the president's tax returns dating from 2015 to now, so as to show any potential financial harm caused by the Pulitzer board's actions. It also requested health records and prescription histories to demonstrate proof of Trump's claims of mental and physical anguish.

"To the extent You seek damages for any physical ailment or mental or emotional injury arising from Counts I-IV of Your Complaint, all Documents (whether held by You or by third parties under Your control or who could produce them at your direction) concerning Your medical and/or psychological health from January 1, 2015, to present, including any prescription medications you have been prescribed or have taken," the filing explained. "For the avoidance of doubt, this includes all Documents Concerning Your annual physical examination. To the extent you do not seek such damages in this action, please confirm so in writing."

Per the filing, Trump's legal team could potentially avoid providing some of these sensitive materials by deciding not to pursue damages specifically for the alleged harms they pertain to.

The board's filing also leaves open the possibility for Trump's team to claim that certain materials are privileged and cannot be provided, though it will have to explain why.

"With respect to your responses to the following Requests, if any information is withheld because of a claim of privilege, state the basis for your claim of privilege with respect to such information and the specific ground(s) on which the claim of privilege rests," the filing noted.

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Will Neal @ The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/alex-jones-says-infowars-might-be-shut-down-unless-good-guys-buy-platform-at-auction/): Alex Jones Says InfoWars May Soon Be Finally Shut Down

A glimmer of good news amid all the doom, Alex Jones’ reign of online terror may soon be over with a court-mandated auction to sell off his assets now fast approaching.

Hunter Biden plans lawsuit against Fox News amid 'conspiracy of disinformation' - Alternet.org

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'A picture would help': Ex-Trump aide discredits GOP’s Hunter Biden witness with one photo - Alternet.org

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arizona Republican US Senate Kari Lake on Tuesday decided against doubling down on remarks she made about Maricopa County top election official Stephen Richer — a Republican, who filed a suit against the failed gubernatorial candidate for defamation last June, The Washington Post reports.

The election official for Arizona's largest county shared an op-ed published by *The Arizona Republic* announcing his legal action last year, declaring that Lake "and her team should be held accountable for 'utter disregard for the truth and the harm their words have caused.'"

He wrote, "She has cast doubt on my loyalty to our country, our state and my office. She did this knowing that it would only throw gasoline on the fire of falsehoods about our elections. Lake has not sent me into hiding. Nor will she ever. But her defamatory statements have irrevocably altered my life, closed opportunities and damaged relationships."

The Donald Trump-supporting former newscaster had been trying "trying to get the lawsuit thrown out in court," but the Arizona Court of Appeals decided in January Richer's lawsuit would proceed.

Per the Post, "Attorneys for Lake, her 2022 campaign for governor and an affiliated nonprofit group on Tuesday asked a judge to begin the process of determining damages as part of" the lawsuit, and the judge complied.

The Senate hopeful, according to the report, also has asked that the "judge set what is known as a default judgment hearing, which would essentially bypass the legal process for her to defend her comments. She instead wants the court to hold a hearing to determine whether damages are owed to Richer and, if so, the amount."

However, Lake did choose to air her grievances in a video posted to X (formerly Twitter). She "echoed rhetoric employed by Trump and called the case against her a 'political witch hunt,'" the Post reports, by comparing "the defamation case to the lawsuits Trump is facing, saying that those pursuing legal action 'know they can’t beat either of us fair and square, so they hit us with lawsuits to keep us tied up and off the campaign trail' and to 'try to stop me and bleed me dry.'"

An hour later, Richer called out Lake, writing, "It was a lie. It was always a lie. She did it to get your $25. Or to fire you up. But it was all a lie. There were no "300,000 fraudulent early ballots" etc. She defamed me. But she also lied to you."

When Richer announced the suit last year, the election official "explained that his wife had suffered considerably from the attacks on him, and there are now security concerns for her." He added, "A county election worker carries a gun to protect herself because she was stalked by people claiming she was 'stealing the election.'"

The Post reports, "Richer has asked the court to award him damages, attorneys’ fees and a public acknowledgment that the statements about him were untrue. He also wants Lake and her allies to remove all false information about him from their social media accounts and websites."

The Washington post's full report is availableat this link (subscription required).

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Brandy Zadrozny @ NBC News: A small city in Oklahoma elected a white nationalist. Will it be able to vote him out?

Judd Blevins, a city commissioner in Enid, Oklahoma, marched in the 2017 white nationalist Unite the Right rally. Now he faces a recall vote.

Christopher Mathias @ HuffPost: He Didn’t Deny Being A White Supremacist. Then He Was Elected To City Council

Judson Blevins, a city commissioner in Enid, Oklahoma, won’t refute evidence tying him to a secretive fascist group. Does the city care enough to recall him from office?

Colby Hall @ Mediaite: Trump Now Claiming ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Was Used By House Dems in ‘Cognitive Decline’ Gaffe Supercut

Former President Donald Trump has baselessly alleged that House Democrats used “Artificial Intelligence” to create a montage designed to show his lack of mental acuity, adding “‘Can’t do that Joe!!” on social media.

Jeremy Childs @ Rolling Stone: RNC’s New Election Integrity Specialist Literally Wrote a Book Pushing the Big Lie

Former Trump attorney Christina Bobb, the new RNC counsel on election integrity, authored a book falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen.

Roger Sollenberger @ The Daily Beast: ‘Make the RNC White Again’: GOP Ends Minority Outreach Program

With Trump allies taking over the RNC and cleaning house, one of the casualties was a minority outreach program that seemed to be working for Republicans.

Kevin Drum @ Jabberwocking: Conservative judge shopping finally gets banned

The reason judge shopping works is that there are some jurisdictions with only one, or maybe two judges. File in the right place and you’re nearly guaranteed to get the Trump judge of your dreams.

Colin Kalmbacher @ Law & Crime: Pro-Trump defamation attorney Lin Wood found liable for defaming his former law partners by accusing them of ‘criminal extortion’

Pro-Donald Trump defamation attorney L. Lin Wood was found liable for defaming his former law partners by a federal court on Tuesday.

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On February 8, climate scientist Michael Mann won a defamation lawsuit against two conservative writers Rand Simberg and National Review contributor Mark Steyn. Steyn was once a regular presence on Fox News where he appeared more than 300 times between 2017 and 2021, both as a guest and a guest host.

According to The New York Times, in addition to finding them guilty of defaming Mann, “The jury also found the writers had made their statements with ‘maliciousness, spite, ill will, vengeance or deliberate intent to harm,’ and levied punitive damages of $1,000 against Mr. Simberg and $1 million against Mr. Steyn in order to deter others from doing the same.”

On February 9, Mann appeared on CNN News Central to discuss the outcome of the trial. During his interview Mann explained how these ideological and politically motivated attacks "chill the discourse” and discourage scientists from sharing their findings. Mann said he hoped the verdict will “create some space where scientists feel a little bit more … comfortable in leaving the laboratory, in communicating their findings to the public.”

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CitationFrom the February 9, 2024, edition of CNN News Central

BRIANNA KEILAR (ANCHOR) Michael, what do you worry is the effect on whether it's public health, or even global health, the health of our planet, which affects us all, when you have people making bogeymen out of scientists like yourself?

MICHAEL MANN: Well, I really worry about that, right? Especially young scientists, who see the attacks on scientists like myself, scientists like Anthony Fauci and my good friend Peter Hotez. They look at that, and that chills the discourse. That potentially leads them to sort of withdraw into their laboratories. They don't want to get involved, get into the fray, and to be part of the effort to communicate their scientific findings to the public, out of fear that they will be attacked, that they will be viciously attacked, again, by those who have vested interest in discrediting science that's inconvenient to their economic interests or their political viewpoints. And so this is a message to my fellow scientists, that, you know, that it is not OK for people to attack you, to make false allegations against you, to defame you.

And hopefully, that will create some space where scientists feel a little bit more, you know, that they're more comfortable in leaving the laboratory, in communicating their findings to the public, because we rely upon the best available science, as you said, both when it comes to our own health and the health of this planet. What could be more important than the health of our -- of us and, and our fellow human beings, and the planet that we live on? That's -- those are really the stakes here.

KEILAR: Yeah. We don't want there to be that chilling effect. Michael, great to have you.

While Mann is certainly one of the most prominent climate scientists to be in the crosshairs of right-wing media, he is far from alone. Attacks against climate scientists have been on the rise the last few years, especially on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X where many scientists have left the platform due to harassment.

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bad news for anti-vaxx extremist and "Democrat"-turned-independent spoiler presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: A federal judge just threw one of his bogus lawsuits out of court!

A quick recap in case you're just tuning in:

A pseudonymous Daily Kos community writer wrote about RFK Jr.'s appearance at a COVID conspiracy rally hosted by a group with links to neo-Nazis. He sued Daily Kos to expose the writer's identity. We fought him in court.
RFK Jr. discovered the writer's identity through other means and sued him for defamation. He just lost that suit, though he could appeal the decision.
Along the way, RFK Jr. decided to run against President Biden for the Democratic nomination, became a "star" witness for House Republicans, used his new platform to push his quack conspiracy theories to new heights, and then dropped out of the primary to run as an independent.

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In 2023, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman — an infamous team of far-right MAGA conspiracy theorists — faced legal consequences for racist robocalls aimed at Black voters during the 2020 election. Prosecutors described the robocalls as a blatant attempt at voter suppression, and after pleading guilty to a felony count telecommunications fraud, they were given two years of probation and fined $2500 each in November.

Now, according to the Daily Beast's Justin Rohrlich, Wohl and Burkman are facing an $11 million lawsuit from a Maryland-based attorney and U.S. Marines veteran who says they falsely accused him of sexual misconduct.

In an article published on February 6, Rohrlich reports that the attorney "claims his life fell apart after Wohl and Burkman falsely tarred him in a 2021 video as a child sex predator, according to an $11 million racketeering lawsuit obtained by The Daily Beast."

"In the aftermath," Rohrlich explains, "the unidentified Maryland man was let go from his law firm, lost a paid internship at Johns Hopkins University, was thrown out by his landlord, and forced him into bankruptcy, the lawsuit states. 'John Doe' contends, in the suit, that Wohl and his co-defendant, soon-to-be-disbarred lawyer Jack Burkman, caused 'irreparable harm' by laying waste to his reputation, wrecking his ability to earn a living, and turning him into a 'critical casualty' of their 'ongoing, illegal scheme.'"

The hardships the attorney suffered, according to the lawsuit, stem from the online series "Predator D.C."

Wohl and Burkman, Rohrlich notes, have a long history of making false accusations.

"In the fetid swamp of far-right politics," Rohrlich reports, "two names are infamous for having unleashed a torrent of particularly ludicrous stunts, lies, and scams. Among other things, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman have lobbed phony sexual misconduct claims at former FBI director and Trump-era special counsel Robert Mueller, recruited a young Trump supporter to smear then-presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg as a rapist, and floated a preposterous tale that Sen. Elizabeth Warren was carrying on a kinky, BDSM-imbued extramarital affair with a 24-year-old soldier later found to have exaggerated his service record."

*Read the Daily Beast's full reportat this link (subscription required).

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former President Donald Trump was just handed another loss in court – this time in the United Kingdom.

Bloomberg reported Thursday that a judge in the UK ruled against the former president in his lawsuit against former MI-6 agent Christopher Steele and his intelligence firm, Orbis, which assembled a 2016 dossier alleging Trump and his campaign were compromised by Vladimir Putin's regime.

Trump filed the lawsuit seeking both compensation for "significant damage and distress" as well as a statement from the court that the allegations in the dossier were false. However, Judge Karen Steyn was unmoved by his argument, stating that the ex-president was "seeking court findings to vindicate his reputation in circumstances where has not been able to formulate any viable remedy which he would have a real prospect of obtaining."

The Steele dossier — commissioned by a firm contracting with the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign — famously included allegations that Trump paid Russian sex workers to urinate on a bed that former President Barack Obama had once slept on. Even though the media has since moved on, Trump has continued to revive the "golden showers" rumor on multiple occasions. New York Magazine reported that Trump insisted he was "not into golden showers" during a Senate Republican retreat, though no one had brought up the subject.

Late last year, as he was in and out of the courtroom for his civil fraud trial in New York, Trump again referenced the rumor on the campaign trail.

"It started with Russia, Russia, Russia, remember that?" Trump said. "He was with four hookers. You think that was good that night to go up and tell my wife, 'It's not true, darling, I love you very much. It's not true!' Actually, that one she didn’t believe, 'cause she said, 'He’s a germophobe; he’s not into that. He’s not into golden showers, as they say they called it, he’s not.'"

Orbis lawyers shrugged off Trump's unsuccessful lawsuit as a "vendetta" by a plaintiff with a penchant for "harassing perceived enemies and others against whom he bears a grudge."

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On CNN, Marshall Cohen reports on Smartmatic claims that OAN may have engaged in criminal activities | Media Matters for America

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Steve Bannon and Matt Schlapp say E. Jean Carroll defamation verdict signals the end of the country | Media Matters for America

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a Florida Republican’s bill aims to silence accusations of racism, homophobia, sexism, transphobia, or any other allegations of discrimination, making them “defamation” under the law and potentially costing the person who made them up to $35,000 in the state known for its “Don’t Say Gay” law.

The sweeping legislation also appears to void journalists’ right to not reveal sources, and, chillingly removes the long-standing requirement that a public figure needs to show “actual malice” to win a defamation lawsuit.

“In cases of alleged homophobia or transphobia, defendants charged with defamation are not allowed to use the plaintiff’s religious or scientific beliefs as part of their defense. If they are found liable for defamation, the defendant could be fined at least $35,000,” The New Republic reports, noting it “would silence basically any accusations of discrimination.”

“The bill applies to statements made in print, on television, or on social media. It also states that someone who is caught in a viral video engaging in allegedly discriminatory behaviors does not qualify as a ‘public figure,’ giving those people even more grounds to sue.”

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Similarly, if a shopkeeper kicks a transgender person out of a shop while citing ‘God’s word’ or their ‘scientific beliefs’ and the video goes viral, the shopkeeper could claim that they were acting under their ‘constitutionally protected religious expression or beliefs’ or their ‘scientific beliefs.’ It would bar anyone from calling that shopkeeper transphobic.”}:

Florida Democratic state Rep. Anna V. Eskamani decried the legislation, writing: “More attempts to chill free speech in the ‘free’ State of Florida.”

Dr Robert Bohan, an Irish artist and scientist who says his “work is about the human condition and understanding how the mind is connected with the body and our environment,” on social media where he has over 300,000 followers voiced concern.

“The US is proud of free speech. The KKK can spit racism, misogynists can attack women & groups can call for the annihilation of Gay ppl,” Dr. Bohan wrote. “Florida is now removing free speech, but just for the Gays. If you can’t name your oppressor how do you call them out?”

Florida State University professor of history Paul Renfro observed, “For these folks, accusations of racism, sexism, transphobia, or homophobia are far more objectionable than the racist, sexist, transphobic, and homophobic policies they enact and support.”

The legislation is being sponsored by Republican state Senator Jason Brodeur, who last year “introduced a bill that would require the registration of bloggers who are critical of the state’s government,” leading a columnist at the right-wing National Review to call him a “moron” and an “idiot.” It’s unclear if that would be considered defamation under Sen. Brodeur’s new bill.

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'Frightening prospect': Analyst explains why Giuliani’s 'about-face' on testifying was 'human' decision - Alternet.org

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wtf? Judge: Giuliani doubling down on election worker attacks 'could support another defamation claim' - Alternet.org

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Why Newsmax wants to drag a Greek Orthodox priest into Dominion defamation case - Alternet.org

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right-wing election deniers are seeing consequences of their efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election by facing a slew of defamation lawsuits, The Guardian reports.}:

Per the report, "Defamation law has traditionally been sparingly used in the US, given the very high bar that plaintiffs have to meet. Under the 1964 supreme court ruling New York Times Co v Sullivan, they have to be able to show 'actual malice' on behalf of the accused.

Rachel Goodman, an attorney with non-partisan advocacy organization Protect Democracy, told The Guardian, said the group's legal action is about "accountability as a way of ensuring that our democracy can get back on track."

Currently, according to the report, Protect Democracy has five ongoing defamation suits "against individuals and outlets who propagated election denial, including ex-President Donald Trump lawyer and former New York mayor Giuliani, the Gateway Pundit and the beleaguered undercover video outfit Project Veritas," as well as conspiracy theorist Dinesh D'Souza, and failed Arizona GOP candidate Kari Lake.

The Guardian notes election denier and My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell also faces defamation suits from voting machine technology firms Dominion and Smartmatic.

Per the report, "The lawsuits are designed in part as a strategy of deterrence," as "those pressing the libel suits hope that anyone contemplating a renewed assault on next year's presidential election, in which Trump is once again likely to be the Republican candidate, will look at the potentially devastating costs and think twice."

Giuliani's trial — Protect Democracy's first in its series of defamation suits — is set to take place in federal court in Washington, DC on December 11.

"This is lawfare," Lindell told the Guardian. "Lawfare hasn't been used in our country since the late 1700s, and that's what they are doing."

The right-wing conspiracy theorist argued, "I have a first amendment right. These defamation cases are damaging free speech – people are afraid to speak out, to come forward with anything."

Goodman emphasized in her interview that "the first amendment does not provide blanket protection for mendacity," saying, "It does not protect those who knowingly spread lies that destroy reputations and lives."

The lawyer added, "We aim to demonstrate that there is no immunity for spreading intentional and reckless lies. Ensuring accountability for intentional defamation is a crucial part of deterring election subversion from happening again in 2024."

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man who participated in the January 6th, 2021 insurrection at the United States Capitol and subsequently became the face of a Fox News conspiracy theory is suing the network for defamation, correspondents Alan Feuer and Jeremy W. Peters reported in The New York Times on Wednesday.

Ray Epps is "seeking an unspecified amount in damages" for the character assassination that he allegedly endured from fired Fox News host Tucker Carlson's "'fantastical story' that Mr. Epps was an undercover government agent who instigated the violence at the Capitol as a way to disparage then-President Trump and his supporters," Feuer and Peters wrote.

"Just as Fox had focused on voting machine companies when falsely claiming a rigged election, Fox knew it needed a scapegoat for January 6th," Epps' complaint states, according to Delaware Superior Court documents reviewed by the Times. Fox "settled on Ray Epps and began promoting the lie that Epps was a federal agent who incited the attack on the Capitol."

"After the unfounded accusations about Mr. Epps were aired on Mr. Carlson's show," Feuer and Peters explained, "they quickly spread to online communities of Trump supporters and to the political world as Republican members of Congress tried to link Mr. Epps to a fictitious conspiracy theory that he was involved in planning the Jan. 6 attack. They includedSenator Ted Cruz of Texas and Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, both of whom made Mr. Epps — a two-time Trump voter — a focus of concern at public hearings."

Fox's false narrative "had damaging consequences for Mr. Epps and his wife, Robyn,who received numerous death threats and were forced to sell their five-acre ranch and wedding business in Arizona and move into a 350-square-foot mobile home parked at a remote trailer park in the mountains of Utah," per the**Times. "Online retailers began selling T-shirts that said 'Arrest Ray Epps.' Some people even recorded songs about him and posted them on YouTube, the complaint states, adding how he had been reduced 'into a character in a cartoonish conspiracy theory.'"

Epps' attorney, Michael Teter, noted that although his client "demanded in March that Fox and Mr. Carlson retract its stories about him and his purported role in the Capitol riot and issue an on-air apology, neither the network nor Mr. Carlson, whose prime-time show has since been canceled, responded."

Despite never being criminally charged for his role in the Capitol attack, the Times added, "Mr. Carlson and Fox settled on Mr. Epps as a 'villain' who could serve as a distraction from the network's own 'culpability for stoking the fire that led to the events of January 6th.' Mr. Carlson, it said, became 'fixated on Epps' and began the promoting the idea that Mr. Epps and the federal government were responsible for the Capitol riots.

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"They’re not gonna give you anything': Chris Cuomo shuts down Mike Lindell’s Fox News conspiracy

Brandon Gage April 28, 2023

MyPillow Chief Executive Officer and unrelenting 2020 election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell has accused Fox News of participating in a nefarious scheme to steal the contest from former President Donald Trump, even though no such scenario ever took place.

The conservative network's call that now-President Joe Biden had defeated Trump in Arizona – winning its eleven Electoral College votes – has remained a thorn in the side of Trump and other denialists who refuse to accept that he lost the state. Failed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is arguably the most vocal example.

Similarly, Lindell has yet to abandon his debunked campaign to have Biden's victory overturned, despite facing a massive defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, which settled a parallel case with Fox News for $787.5 million earlier this month.

READ MORE: 'Dumbest metaphor I've ever heard': Tucker Carlson compared vaccines to MyPillow and it totally bombed

"I will never back down, ever, ever, ever," Lindell told The New York Times on April 6th. "They can't deny it. Nobody can deny it," he added of Dominion, whom he alleges aided in the plot to take the election away from Trump.

This is the narrative that Lindell pushed on Thursday night's edition of Cuomo. Without providing substantive evidence, Lindell argued that Fox News perverted the election. News Nation host Chris Cuomo, however, refused to indulge Lindell's rotten red herring.

"I believe it is not about the law. I believe it's about politics and persuasion, that's why I wanted to see – Fox is not gonna be selling what you want it to sell when it comes to our elections. That's what this settlement means. That's why I'm asking whether or not you'll still support him," Cuomo wondered, referring to Trump's 2024 White House bid.

Lindell lost it.

READ MORE: 'They did nothing wrong': Mike Lindell loses it over Fox News’ 'strange' Dominion settlement

"Fox's candidate is Ron DeSantis," he declared of the Republican Florida governor. "Fox's settlement – Fox did this settlement, Chris I've said it from the get-go– I believe Fox played a big part in this election crime, because back then, they called Arizona early.They've did– they've made a – Smartmatic sued Fox News on February 4th of 2021. That started lawfare in this whole country. Since that time, people like me have not been able to go on any conservative media and talk about our election. They didn't even talk about 2000 Mules, which had nothing to do with electronic machines. So Fox has been suppressing, for some reason, and they make this deal with Dominion? This backdoor deal? Gimme a break."

Cuomo set the record straight.

"Yeah, they made the deal with Dominion. They made the deal with Dominion because they were caught and they knew it was only gonna get only worse. Sixty-one outta sixty-two vettings of these issues have gone against – but sixty-one outta sixty-two have been lost, and the one that wasn't was held in abeyance," he noted.

Lindell doubled down.

"Chris, Chris, Chris. I've subpoenaed Fox.I have subpoenaed Fox for ev – they've never asked me for the evidence. We posted on FrankSpeech. Anyone can go and look at it. They've – Fox News has never subpoenaed me for the evidence," he bellowed.

"Of course they didn't want the evidence," Cuomo quipped.

"We have subpoenaed Fox for their evidence but they won't give us anything. They won't give us anything. We're going to the judges..." Lindell continued until Cuomo cut him off.

"Well, they're not gonna give you anything. But Mike, Mike, they do not produce evidence of the nonexistence of the election being rigged," Cuomo said. "And they did more than anybody else did to fuel the speculation, which is how they got jammed up with Dominion."

Watch below via Mediaite or at this link.

READ MORE: Mike Lindell ordered to pay $5 million reward to expert who debunked 'rigged election' claims

The New York Times' full interview with Lindell is available here (subscription required).

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