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Fox News distanced itself from Donald Trump's election claims on Thursday, informing audiences that the network hadn't reviewed the "proof" he referenced during a White House statement.
President Trump used the approximately 25-minute address to announce the declassification of materials that he claimed revealed significant weaknesses in America's election infrastructure. He additionally asserted that electronic voting systems could be readily manipulated.
However, immediately following the address, Fox News issued a sharp clarification. "We also heard the president make claims that electronic voting machines are vulnerable and easily compromised," the anchor stated. It comes after Trump's disgusting bedroom habits were laid bare.
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The Fox News host added, "Fox News has not seen that evidence yet and is not in a position to evaluate the accuracy of the president's statements and claims at this time." The disclaimer instantly attracted scrutiny because Fox News had just broadcast Trump's comments beneath a chyron stating, "Trump delivers address on election integrity."
Throughout the address, Trump outlined supposed attempts by China to obtain access to American voter databases and referenced previously documented vulnerabilities about electronic voting systems, reports the Irish Star.
Nevertheless, the material presented by Trump didn't seem to substantiate his ongoing assertion that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent. He additionally failed to provide proof demonstrating that votes were altered or tallies were modified.
Trump issued multiple sweeping directives to the FBI, the Director of National Intelligence, and additional federal agencies. He instructed officials to probe "how and why such crucial information was hidden" from him and demanded criminal charges over what he characterized as a cover-up.
Fox News' choice to include a disclaimer triggered widespread reaction on X, where users rapidly referenced the network's expensive legal fight concerning its 2020 election reporting.
"They're literally holding the receipts..." one person wrote, as another added, "They have PTSD from that settlement, huh," another user posted.
A third person wrote, "He said almost 6 years ago that he had evidence and has yet to present it," with a fourth chiming in to say, "Fox over here learning lessons from that multimillion-dollar fine."
One user directly challenged Trump, asking, "Is the evidence with you now, Mr. Trump?" as multiple other posts mentioned Fox's $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in 2023.
Dominion had alleged the network repeatedly broadcast unfounded allegations that its voting machines assisted in rigging the 2020 election against Trump.
It comes as Trump struggled to read the teleprompter just hours after his operator was embroiled in a huge scandal.
