Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have sent a letter calling for Rupert Murdoch to direct Fox News hosts to 'stop spreading false election narratives.' 'By your own account, Donald Trump's election lies were 'damaging' and 'really crazy stuff.''
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer leaves a meeting with intelligence officials on Feb. 28. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
comes after Murdoch acknowledged in a newly unsealed legal deposition that Fox News hosts knowingly promoted the false theory that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Trump. "By your own account, Donald Trump's election lies were 'damaging' and 'really crazy stuff,'" the letter stated.
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