Many have argued that Fox’s coverage of the election fraud conspiracy was a major contributor to the atmosphere that would eventually culminate in the 6 January Capitol riots in 2021. When discussing a baseless claim that Powell was in possession of an affidavit linking Dominion to Venezuela, the group of employees decided to evade mentioning the claim, calling it “stupid,” but because their viewers believed it, it “might insult them.” “Did they forget to rig those or all part of the plan?” he joked. Pfeiffer also pointed out that Dominion Voting Systems was used in ballot counts for Ohio and Florida – both of which predominantly voted for Donald Trump. “Cousin-f**king types, not Saudi royalty,” he said. Like negotiating with terrorists, but especially dumb ones. One of Carlson’s producers, former Fox employee Alex Pfeiffer, wrote back saying that the claims made by lawyer Sydney Powell were “insane” but said it had to be addressed because “our viewers believe it.” Vote rigging to the tune of millions? C’mon,” he wrote. “Might wanna address this, but this stuff is so f**king insane. The messages suggest that, despite pushing the election fraud conspiracy several times on air, both Carlson and Shah believed they were false. President Donald Trump’s lawyer and former New York City mayor, Rudy Giuliani (Chip Somodevilla/Getty) “He objectively looks like he was a dead person voting two weeks ago,” he wrote, referencing the false claim purported that Joe Biden’s campaign was using dead voters to win the election. Following his speech at the Republican National Committee in November 2020, Shah texted employees saying he sounded “so f**king crazy.”
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