“Domestic spying during a presidential campaign did happen and we have a right to know who participated in it, who authorized it and what their motives were,' Carlson said after listing instances where he believes the FBI spied on Trump's presidential campaign.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday declared that the “Obama administration spied on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign” after Attorney General William Barr revealed he believed “spying did occur” during his second consecutive day of testimony on Capitol Hill. Meanwhile, over at MSNBC, MTP Daily host Chuck Todd slammed Barr for feeding a “factless conspiracy theory.”
During the opening of Tucker Carlson Tonight, the host launched into a monologue on Barr’s statements, where he asserted that “spying” did happen and condemned Democrats for “refusing to admit” it. Carlson then condemned the spying and criticized Democrats and the media for refusing to admit it happened. “Law enforcement should never be used as a partisan political tool no matter who it benefits,” he said. “But the media doesn’t feel that way about Obama’s spying. They refuse to even admit that it was spying.”
MSNBC's coverage of Barr’s statements was starkly different to Carlson’s. The network’s host Chuck Todd opened MTP Daily by rebuking the attorney general’s statements as one that peddles a “factless conspiracy theory.” Barr didn’t just cause a network divide on the issue, the attorney general’s comments also prompted a staunch partisan divide.
Trump himself has addressed the matter several times since he took office in January 2017. Last year, the president tweeted about “Spygate,” a term referring to allegations the FBI spied on his 2016 campaign.
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