Posted on 10/31/2017 8:18:30 AM PDT by Signalman
Fox News’s Tucker Carlson said Monday that he received a cease and desist letter from Tony Podesta’s lawyer over his reporting on the Podesta Group.
Not only does the threatening letter demand Carlson stop discussing reports about the group but that they also retract and delete all previous reporting as well. This, Carlson said, was an effort to “use fear to control press coverage.”
“Podesta isn’t just complaining about us, he’s threatening us,” Carlson said on his show Monday.
The letter, he continued, “demands that the show ‘immediately cease and desist disseminating false and misleading reports about Mr. Podesta and the Podesta group.’ It demands we retract and delete all our prior reporting on the Podesta group and warns that if we don’t do this, ‘Mr. Podesta may pursue legal action, including for damages in order to fully protect his rights.”
The lawyer also said Carlson could not quote from the letter publicly, citing the copyright act, which Carlson clearly did not listen to.
But the Fox News host found the most “amusing” line of the letter to be the lawyer’s claim that “Paul Manafort did not work with the Podesta Group in its representation of the European center for a modern Ukraine.”
Tucker said it was obvious the lawyer had not read the Manafort indictment, which clearly stated otherwise.
“Maybe we’re being too literal about this,” Carlson said. “Podesta’s lawyer wasn’t trying to inform us of anything — but to threaten us, to shut down our reporting on his client. One lawyer we talked to earlier today said the Podesta people have used this tactic with others before, it’s common. It’s an effort to use fear to control press coverage. We’re not intimidated, we have ample evidence from Mueller’s indictment and from a number of confidential sources to paint a pretty clear picture of exactly what the Podesta Group was doing for years here in Washington. We’ll let the facts speak for themselves, and we’re confident the Mueller investigation will be revealing a lot more about his lobbying practices in the near future.”
Carlson: Tony Podesta's Lawyer Sent a Cease and Desist Letter to Shut Down Our Reporting on Podesta Group
Hillary probably told them to do it.
The DNC is a hive of scum and villainy.
Discovery man.Discovery
Well aren’t they flying monkeys?
Flak very heavy over high-value target
Didn’t anyone tell the Podesta group that odunga wasn’t present_dent anymore — No more threats or intimidation from the DOJ civil rights division...
YES! I always had something come to mind when watching the Democrats (particularly their convention) — the bar scene in Star Wars.
Well I suppose he would have to hold it up and let the cameras zoom in on it so the viewers could read it for themselves.
.
I’m sure all the msm will come to tucker’s defense.
I hope he sues. Could give Carlson access to all sorts of info about the Podesta Group.
Apparently the First Amendment is null and void because “I have a lawyer”.
I guess the Podesta people don’t watch Tucker, they could have saved the paper and lawyer fees...
I hope Tucker has a detail watching over his family and pets...
These scumbags live below Dante ninth ring...
Oh, this is standard operating procedure for attorneys representing Democrats. I knew an attorney who was involved in one of the “birther” suits who received a similar threatening letter from none other than an attorney with the Perkins Coie firm. He paid as much attention to that letter as Tucker Carlson has to this one ... unfortunately, that attorney didn’t have a mic like Tucker’s. So thankful Tucker is armed that way.
Mueller may have inadvertently smacked the tar baby.
Target.................flak...................must be there...............
The lawyer is a comedian too
Fine, let him sue.
Gosh....where is the letter?
The letter is step #1. Step#2 is for Clinton Inc. to arrange a botched robbery of both brothers. Step #3 is to pay the FBI for doing the wet work.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.