Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch was scathingly critical of former President Donald Trump, even as his network pushed his election fraud claims.
Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch told an associate he believed Donald Trump was going « increasingly mad » after the then president refused to concede defeat in the 2020 election.
Murdoch sent an email on November 19, 2020 in which he wrote that Trump and his then attorney Rudy Giuliani appeared « increasingly mad » – a British and Australian expression for declining mental health.
He added that Giuliani was « encouraging … and misleading him. »
« The real danger is what he might do as president, » Murdoch wrote of Trump, according to legal documents. « Apparently not sleeping and bouncing off walls! »
« Don’t know about Melania, but kids no help, » Murdoch added.
The frank assessment is included in a new trove of legal filings released by election machines company Dominion as part of its $1.
