"In a five-minute video posted over the weekend, Carlson claimed that CIA officials are circulating a criminal referral to the Justice Department based on texts he exchanged with Iranian contacts before the U.S. strikes. The legal theory, he says, involves the Foreign Agents Registration Act. He doesn't sound especially worried about prosecution he calls it legally absurd but the video reads less like a legal defense than a journalist getting ahead of a story he believes is coming."
"Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) didn't just criticize Carlson on Sunday. He constructed a specific counter-narrative: that Carlson had been conducting his own foreign policy with Iran, that Trump may have used him as an unwitting counterintelligence asset to feed false information to Tehran, and that his traitorous behavior may now result in a criminal complaint."
"This is a movement that spent years arguing that DOJ investigations of political figures are inherently suspect that the process itself is the punishment. Carlson is now making exactly that argument about himself. His allies aren't buying it. By cheering his investigation instead, they are conceding something they will not be able to take back."
Tucker Carlson, a key figure in building the movement that returned Donald Trump to power, now faces accusations of treason from Senator Ted Cruz. Carlson claims CIA officials are preparing a criminal referral to the Justice Department based on his text exchanges with Iranian contacts, citing potential Foreign Agents Registration Act violations. Cruz constructed a counter-narrative suggesting Carlson conducted unauthorized foreign policy with Iran and may have been used as a counterintelligence asset to feed false information to Tehran. This conflict represents a significant fracture within the Trump movement, as allies who previously argued DOJ investigations are inherently suspect now support investigating Carlson, effectively conceding a principle they previously defended.
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