Sean Hannity Says He Did Not Believe Donald Trump's Election Fraud Claims 'For One Second'

Fox News host Sean Hannity said he did not believe former President Donald Trump's election fraud claims "for one second."

Hannity answered it under oath Wednesday as he was being questioned in the $1.6 billion lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News, the New York Times reported.

The hearing was called to address some issues that need to be sorted out before the case heads for a jury trial scheduled to begin in April.

Hannity's disclosure was one of the strongest pieces of evidence to suggest that several Fox News employees were aware that some of what they were broadcasting were false.

Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor who represented Trump in election-related lawsuits, alleged that the states used fraudulent voting machines by Dominion Voting Systems.

Dominion has to persuade a jury that people at Fox were saying one thing in private while telling their audience precisely the opposite. Dominion's lawyers argued that they had several pieces of evidence to make that argument.

One Dominion lawyer said that "not a single Fox witness" so far had established anything supporting the false claims regarding the company that were mentioned repeatedly on the network.

Stephen Shackelford, a Dominion lawyer, noted that other high-profile hosts and senior executives echoed Hannity's doubts.

He named Meade Cooper, known for hosting prime-time programming for Fox News and Tucker Carlson. Shackelford also described how Carlson attempted "to squirm out of it at his deposition."

Sean Hannity on Donald Trump

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was revealed to have exchanged more than 80 text messages with Sean Hannity between Election Day 2020 and President Joe Biden's January 2021 inauguration.

The texts also showed Hannity and Meadows debating Donald Trump's strategy to challenge the election, complaining about Fox, and what to do after Trump left office.

On December 12, 2020, Hannity texted Meadows that they need "spend at least" half of Trump's time "doing business with us."

Hannity then asked Meadows if they talked to Fox and that he had been "at war with them." Meadows maintained that his texts did not show evidence that he had any knowledge of or role in the Capitol riot.

At one point, Hannity said in a text message that "lunatics" were not helping Trump fight for his case.

Donald Trump Election Fraud Claims

In October, the former president has once against reiterated his claims of election fraud after the January 6 committee voted to subpoena him.

Donald Trump also announced in November that he will run again for president. The former president has repeatedly claimed that he had "recommended and authorized thousands of troops" to be deployed to the U.S. Capitol for the rally.

However, he noted that Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blocked the request. Up to now, there is no evidence to back the claims that he was making.

The January 6 committee recently referred Trump for four criminal charges, which include engaging in an insurrection.

The January 6 panel also referred four Republican members of Congress to the House ethics committee for declining to comply with subpoenas.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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