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In his own words, how did Tucker Carlson feel towards Donald Trump while promoting his election lies?

According to court filings in a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News, Tucker Carlson wrote in a text message to a Fox employee on Jan. 4, 2021, that he hated Donald Trump “passionately” and that he “blew up at Peter Navarro today in frustration.” Peter Navarro was Trump’s assistant who supported the false claims about the 2020 election. The same filings show that Carlson criticized Trump’s lawyer Sidney Powell for not providing evidence for her claims on his show._x000D_obtained exclusive access to about 44,000 hours of security video from inside and outside the Capitol on Jan. 6 from the Republican Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy. On Mar. 6 and Mar. 7, 2023, Carlson aired some clips of the video on his show that he claimed showed that most of the rioters were peaceful. Carlson faced bipartisan criticism from lawmakers and journalists who accused him of cherry-picking footage that downplayed or ignored the violence and chaos on Jan. 6 and endangered law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol.