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Tucker Carlson: “Russiagate was constructed, in my view, in part to cover up…”

Featuring: Tucker Carlson, Conservative, Right-wing | Political Commentator, Former Fox News Host | National

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Published | Video Starts at 38:34

And Trump is obviously sensitive to, like, partisan traps after the Russian nonsense, which was a lie. Russiagate was a lie, by the way. Russiagate was constructed, in my view, in part to cover up the origin of the DNC emails in 2016 and the John Podesta Gmail in 2016, neither of which was done by Russia. Clearly, you know, there's a lot more there. We're not allowed to ask questions about Seth Rich. I don't know why Seth Rich's parents don't own that story. (38:34–38:51)

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Asserts that the purpose of Russiagate was to obscure the true origins of the DNC and Podesta email leaks, which he claims were not conducted by Russia.

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