The Daily Beast reports:
Right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson claimed the Biden administration tried to have Russian President Vladimir Putin assassinated without offering any evidence to support his incendiary allegation. “The Biden administration did, they tried to kill Putin,” the onetime Fox News broadcaster said on the Monday episode of his The Tucker Carlson Show podcast. After his guest, journalist Matt Taibbi, casually interjected—“Really?”—Carlson went doubled down on his assertion.
“Yes, yes, they did, which is insane,” Carlson continued, wondering aloud who would be in control of Russia’s nuclear arsenal if Putin were dead. “That’s demented that you would even think of something like that,” he added, without providing a scintilla of information to support his allegation. “So why were they? Because chaos is a screen that protects them.” The Kremlin was at one point so fond of Carlson that state media were told it was “essential” to feature him during broadcasts.
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Conservative American pundit Tucker Carlson accused the Joe Biden administration of trying to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin.
— POLITICO Europe (@politico.eu) January 28, 2025 at 5:32 AM
After former Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed without evidence that the Biden administration “tried to kill Putin,” the Kremlin responded by stressing the skill and thoroughness of Russia’s intelligence agencies.
— Meduza in English (@meduza.io) January 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Tucker Carlson claims Biden administration “tried to kill Putin,” calling it “insane”
“Blinken pushed for real war, even trying to kill Putin,” the journalist said in an interview with Matt Taibbi, but offering no further details or evidence to support it. pic.twitter.com/tm8FDknsB0
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) January 28, 2025