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Will Tucker Carlson be arrested? Explosive claim on CIA referral sparks row; ‘they read my texts’
Tucker Carlson claimed the CIA may refer him to the DOJ for contacting Iranian officials before the strikes on Iran, but no charges or arrest is confirmed yet.
Conservative activist and commentator Tucker Carlson has been at the center of a row after he claimed that the CIA is purportedly preparing a criminal referral against him to the DOJ.
Carlson claimed in his show on Saturday that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) "read texts" that he exchanged with Iranian officials before the US-Israeli strikes on Iran. He claimed that the Trump administration is preparing to arrest him under the Foreign Agent Act.
"The other day I found out that the CIA is preparing some kind of criminal referral against me, a crime report to the Department of Justice on the basis of a supposed crime I committed," Carlson said. What's that crime? Well, talking to people in Iran before the war. They read my texts.
"So, the crime under consideration apparently would be the Foreign Agent Act or something like that, acting as an agent of a foreign power. And I don't expect this to go anywhere. I'm not too worried about an actual criminal case against me for a bunch of reasons."
As Carlson's claim spread, it sparked speculation that he had been arrested, which is not the case. Ht.com can confirm that, as of now, no criminal charges have been brought against Carlson. He only claimed that charges could be brought in the coming days.
Candace Owens Hits Back Over Tucker Carlson Arrest Row
Candace Owens, another conservative influencer and a strong Tucker Carlson ally, hit back at the Trump administration over the prospect of arresting Tucker Carlson. Owens said that she and other supporters of Carlson will rally against his arrest if it ever comes to that.
"If they come for Tucker, we ride at dawn. Really nothing else to say here," Owens said. “We’re not doing the gulags 2.0 with these Bolshevik descendants.”
Carlson claimed that he is discussing the rumor despite there being no confirmation of the same because he thinks that his criticism of Israel would make him a likely target for arrest.
Additionally, he said that nations tend to turn “more authoritarian” during a war and tend to suppress dissent more strictly than in normal times.
