Chris Wallace Calls Trumpworld’s Spin On Whistleblower ‘Astonishing’

during the third U.S. presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on October 19, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tonight is the final debate ahead of Election Day on November 8.
Fox News anchor and moderator Chris Wallace speaks to the guests and attendees during the third U.S. presidential debate on October 19, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Fox News host Chris Wallace didn’t hold back on airing his thoughts Friday after the release of the whistleblower complaint by the House Intelligence Committee.

When asked during a Fox News segment Friday if his thoughts had changed in response to the whistleblower complaint release Thursday, Wallace said that “it’s changed quite a lot” and called out Trump’s defenders.

“The spinning that has been done by the President’s defenders in the last 24 hours since this very damaging whistleblower complaint came out — the spinning is not surprising, but I think it is astonishing and deeply misleading,” Wallace said.

Wallace cited the whistleblower’s complaint being consistent with the transcript of the call between Trump and the Ukrainian president.

Wallace also pointed out the fact that Rudy Giuliani was “having a number of contacts with Ukrainian officials and acting as his own State Department” and that the whistleblower followed the appropriate legal process to file the complaint.

Watch Wallace’s response below:

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  1. Chris Wallace and Paul Ryan…

    Incredible

  2. Chris Wallace USED to be an actual Journalist.

    For many years he’s been just another shill on FOX, but I think he is starting to “see the light”.

    ALSO, this may be the first in the cracks of adulation for Trump at FOX caused by now, FOX News Board Member Paul Ryan (yes, THAT Paul Ryan, former Speaker of the House) telling anyone that will listen that “it is all over for Trump” and that FOX News better start “preparing for life after Trump.”

  3. Call a spade a spade… Trump defenders are LYING!

  4. To be fair I have seen several instances where he is very critical of the president, something like deep inside he is a never-trumper.

  5. Yet he persists…to be on FOX.

    He can piss off.

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