Fox News and former host Tucker Carlson are the defendants in a defamation lawsuit brought forth by Ray Epps, a private citizen, and Keith Olbermann believes the case will be tough to defend.
While discussing the lawsuit on his Countdown podcast Thursday, Olbermann argued that Epps has a strong case.
“His lawsuit is peppered with references to the lies Tucker Carlson told about him that the suit claims destroyed the lives of Epps and his wife, and forced them to flee their home and go live in an RV in an undisclosed location,” the former cable news host said.
While noting that the case is strong, Olbermann said it is not cut-and-dry. However, he did allege that one particular statement by Carlson could cost the host and his former network dearly.
“The Epps lawsuit is hardly a slam dunk, but it is filled with things Carlson or his guests said that will be nearly impossible for Fox to defend… There is one paragraph that is the most problematic for Fox and for Carlson, and one wonders how or if Epps will amend his lawsuit,” said Olbermann. “If Carlson picks this up on his Twitter program — which I believe is called ‘The Law of Diminishing Returns’.
“During the last gasp of Tucker Carlson on Fox, he had his big reveal of the unseen video from January 6 that was personally handed to him by the ‘Speaker Weasel of the House’, Kevin McCarthy. The reveal that turned out to be so underwhelming, so boring, so meaningless, that Carlson only showed a few minutes of it and some of that two and three times per clip. In that last gasp, Tucker Carlson and Fox News figuratively hanged themselves in terms of this lawsuit.”
Olbermann shared that in a segment on March 11th, Carlson used the term “informant”, twice, to describe Epps. The then Fox News host also used the word “fact” twice to describe Epps’ relationship with the FBI, calling the situation “very clear” and that “something very strange” was going on with Epps.
“So here’s the question: if Tucker Carlson was not trying to tell his audience on March 11 of this year that Ray Epps was a federal agent and an informant to influence the events of January 6th, what the hell else could Tucker Carlson have possibly been trying to say?”
