Republican Congressman Calls for Tucker Carlson To Be Prosecuted for ‘Treason’ for Pre-War Contact With Iranians

A Republican congressman who once served as a top aide to President Trump says Tucker Carlson should be prosecuted, citing Mr. Carlson’s communications with unspecified individuals inside Iran before the war began three weeks ago. Mr. Carlson says the federal government is readying a criminal referral for those communications, which he says do not represent any kind of breach of federal law. Mr. Carlson has been an outspoken critic of the war in Iran since the attacks began last month, saying it was Israel that drew America into the conflict. He says he spoke to individuals inside of Iran for journalistic purposes before that war began. “The other day, I found out that the CIA is preparing some kind of criminal referral against me … to the Department of Justice on the basis of a supposed crime I committed. What’s that crime? Well, talking to people in Iran before the war,” Mr. Carlson said in a video message posted to X on Saturday. “They read my texts.”After making that claim, Congressman Max Miller called for Mr. Carlson’s prosecution. Mr. Miller was first elected in 2022 after working for years as a White House staffer for Mr. Trump charged with recommending individuals for appointments at key departments. “Everyone has always known Tucker is in love with himself and happy to sell falsehoods for attention. The Left excels at this, when Tucker fully joined them it was just sad,” Mr. Miller wrote on X Sunday. “Now? Treason,” Mr. Miller continued. “If Tucker really worked with Iran against America’s interests he is a traitor and should be prosecuted.”Mr. Carlson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Mr. Miller, who is Jewish, has been subjected to antisemitic attacks in the last year. In June, a man tried to drive Mr. Miller off the road in his home district. The congressman says the suspect was yelling at him, saying that he wanted to kill his family. Just days ago, Mr. Miller shared a recording of a voicemail he received at his office in which a man says he hopes Mr. Miller is decapitated for being “a Jewish piece of s–t.”Mr. Carlson says he wanted to disclose the alleged ongoing criminal investigation not because he needs support or money, but because he wanted his supporters to be aware that the federal government will become more “authoritarian” during wartime. He says the criminal referral deals with allegations that he is acting on behalf of a foreign power — something he vehemently denies. “I don’t expect this to go anywhere. I’m not too worried about an actual criminal case against me for a bunch of reasons. One, I’m not an agent of a foreign power. Unlike a lot of people commenting on U.S. politics and global affairs, I have only one loyalty, and that’s the United States, and I’ve never acted against it,” Mr. Carlson said. “It’s my job to talk to everybody all the time and try and figure out what’s going on around the world,” Mr. Carlson said in the video. “That’s literally what I do for a living and I’m not gonna stop doing that.”

Republican Congressman Calls for Tucker Carlson To Be Prosecuted for ‘Treason’ for Pre-War Contact With Iranians

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