Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

by Liz Cheney

Court documents including deposition testimony, as well as email and text exchanges, appear to indicate that Fox News hosts and executives knew the election-fraud claims were false, despite what Fox News was broadcasting to its viewers. Sean Hannity, for example, had reportedly testified that he never believed Trump’s claims that Dominion machines had stolen the election from Trump: “I didn’t believe it for one second.” In a text exchange with Tucker Carlson about Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, Laura Ingraham allegedly said, “Sidney is a complete nut. No one will work with her. Ditto with Rudy.” Dana Perino reportedly referred to the election-fraud claims as “total bs,” “insane,” and “nonsense.” And Fox Corporation CEO Rupert Murdoch reportedly said in an email about January 6: “wake-up call for Hannity, who has been privately disgusted by Trump for weeks, but was scared to lose viewers.” Fox settled the Dominion litigation for $787 million.