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The Biggest Allegations Against Tucker Carlson From Recent Lawsuits
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The reasons for Tucker Carlson’s firing from Fox News’s highest-rated show remain under wraps, with both the former host and the network keeping mum. Fox only issued a statement saying the two parted company and the host’s Monday night replacement, Brian Kilmeade, repeated the line, adding Carlson was a great friend.
But the move comes less than a week after Fox News paid $787.5 million to settle the defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems Inc. The litigation had resulted in the disclosure of many of Carlson’s messages, some of which were critical of Fox management.