Carlson Gives More Life To Tip-Off Conspiracy: CNN ‘Openly Colluded’ With Mueller Team

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: Fox News host Tucker Carlson discusses 'Populism and the Right' during the National Review Institute's Ideas Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel March 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. Carlson ... WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: Fox News host Tucker Carlson discusses 'Populism and the Right' during the National Review Institute's Ideas Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel March 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. Carlson talked about a large variety of topics including dropping testosterone levels, increasing rates of suicide, unemployment, drug addiction and social hierarchy at the summit, which had the theme 'The Case for the American Experiment.' (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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After Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) on Wednesday revived the conspiracy theory that special counsel Robert Mueller’s team leaked to CNN about Roger Stone’s arrest, Fox News host Tucker Carlson gave it legs.

Ahead of Stewart’s appearance on Carlson’s show Wednesday evening, Carlson spouted off on CNN President Jeffrey Zucker, who he claims is using the network as his “personal mouthpiece.”

Believe it or not, CNN was once a semi-serious news network some of us used to work there, and then a former entertainment producer called Jeffrey Zucker took over the place,” he said. “Zucker has long aspired to run for office as a Democrat, he’s bragged about it, and so he’s decided to use CNN as a personal mouthpiece for political purposes.”

Carlson dragged the network for its coverage of the Russia probe before raising the conspiracy that Stewart floated during his questioning of Mueller on Wednesday. As TPM noted Wednesday, the theory has been largely debunked.

“At times, Zucker’s puppets on the channel openly colluded with Robert Mueller’s prosecutors,” he said. “For one example, Mueller’s team clearly tipped off CNN before arresting Roger Stone at his home in Florida. There was a CNN crew on the scene before dawn to humiliate Stone, as armed federal agents barged into his home at 6 a.m. for purposes that have never been clear, even until this day.”

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  1. Trump received illegal support from an enemy foreign power to steal a presidential election.

  2. Clearly colluded? Sure, I guess, assuming there’s a whole lot of clarity to be found inside Tucker Carlson’s ass, where he pulled this supposition from. Of course if there’s not a lot of clarity on offer there, then this is just scurrilous bullshit like we’re used to from this lying little punk.

  3. And the GOP blocked the Election Security Bill right after Mueller’s testimony yesterday. Seems that this should get some air time today.

  4. Haha I’m still purring with joy over this whole theory where they yell at Mueller "How could you say you didn’t exonerate him! You don’t have the power to exonerate anyone! Nobody in the federal legal system can do that! And if you can’t exonerate him then you can’t not exonerate him! And if you don’t charge and convict him then he’s presumed innocent which means he’s exonerated! It’s SIMPLE LOGIC!!!111!!!

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