Fox News informed Tucker Carlson’s attorney that they believe his new Twitter show violated his contract
, said in a statement, “Fox defends its very existence on freedom of speech grounds. Now they want to take Tucker Carlson’s right to speak freely away from him because he took to social media to share his thoughts on current events. That’s not going to happen. Not in the United States of America.”
Carlson was dropped from the network in April, less than a week after Fox News agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million to settle defamation claims. Carlson’s attorney that the network breached his contract in an effort to argue that a non-compete agreement was no longer valid.Axios first reported on the letter from Fox to Carlson’s lawyer. The site reported that Fox News general counsel Bernard Gugar contended that Carlson’s contract is exclusive with the network and prohibits other appearances like the Twitter show.has drawn more than 90 million views.
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