Tucker Carlson Claims He Faces Charges Over Alleged Foreign Agent Ties

Former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson has suggested that he might face federal charges as a foreign spy following allegations that the CIA examined his text messages.

Carlson, 56, asserts that the Department of Justice could be preparing to accuse him of “acting as an agent of a foreign power.” He believes that certain CIA personnel may be targeting him due to his outspoken criticisms of Israel.

“When you find out the CIA has been reading your texts to frame you for a crime,” Carlson posted on X, accompanied by a video lasting five minutes that elaborates on his allegations.

In the video, he stated, “The CIA is preparing some kind of criminal referral against me, a crime report to the Department of Justice, based on an alleged crime I committed.”

He further claimed, “What’s the alleged crime? Communicating with people in Iran before the war. They have been reading my texts.”

The 56-year-old pointed to possible charges under the Foreign Agents Act, a law requiring anyone paid by foreign governments for political advocacy to register with the Justice Department.

But Carlson, who has publicly fought with the president after he called the Iran strikes ‘evil,’ said that he ‘isn’t worried’ – adding that ‘he does not expect’ these ‘charges’ to go anywhere.

‘I’m not an agent of a foreign power. Unlike a lot of people commenting on US politics and global affairs, I have only one loyalty and that’s the United States,’ he said.

Tucker Carlson, 56, posted a five-minute long video on X explaining how he believes the CIA has been reading his texts in an attempt to have the DOJ press charges on him as a ‘foreign spy’

The conservative firebrand is among many MAGA supporters who have been outspoken about their criticism against Israel

Carlson said he’s not concerned because he has ‘never taken money’ from a foreign nation, adding: ‘Don’t need it, don’t want it.’

The conservative firebrand noted that he is American and that his job involves talking to people around the world. 

‘It’s literally what I do for a living, and I’m not gonna stop that,’ he swiped. 

‘Legally, I think the case is ludicrous, and I doubt it’ll even become a case.’

Carlson explained why he went public with his allegations, arguing that countries become ‘more authoritarian’ during war.

‘It’s just the nature of war, people are dying, the stakes are high,’ he said. ‘There’s much less tolerance for any kind of dissent in the homeland.’ 

He also suggested that his stance on Israel may have made him a target of the CIA. 

‘[There are] some people who are mad at me for my views about Israel and they have some latitude.’

‘One of the reasons they pass on criminal complaints in effect to law enforcement is to justify warrants for spying on Americans,’ he added.

Carlson claimed the main reason this happens is to ‘”leak the investigation” to the media,’ and to ‘humiliate and terrorize the “subject of the operation.”‘

Carlson explained a few reasons why believes the charges are bogus, saying he is ‘not an agent of foreign power,’ ‘he is American, and his job involves talking to people around the world

Donald Trump said he’s kicking Carlson out of MAGA after the ex Fox News host ‘lost his way’ in calling the president’s Iran strikes ‘evil’

Carlson’s X video comes after his attack on Trump on February 28, when he called the president’s joint US-Israel strikes on Iran ‘absolutely disgusting and evil’

Carlson compared his claims to when he was at Fox News trying to arrange an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

He said in 2021, the NSA ‘grabbed his text messages’ with another American citizen, and ‘leaked’ them to news outlets in an attempt to kill the interview.

‘I’m not making this video to complain about it, or whine, or ask for money… I’m saying it because it’s true, and you should know what your own government is doing.’

Daily Mail reached out to the Department of Justice for comment. 

This comes after Donald Trump said he’s kicking Carlson out of MAGA after he ‘lost his way’ in calling the president’s Iran strikes ‘evil.’

The two have been at odds over the attacks on Iran but the conservative commentator went further than ever in an interview with ABC News.

‘The president’s decision was absolutely disgusting and evil,’ said Carlson.

Trump responded by saying that ‘Tucker’s lost his way.’

‘I knew that a long time ago, and he’s not MAGA. MAGA is saving our country. MAGA is making our country great again. MAGA is America first, and Tucker is none of those things. And Tucker is really not smart enough to understand that,’ Trump told ABC News on March 5.