The Daily Beast
Fox News Anchor Seemingly Buys Into Trump’s Debunked Dominion Conspiracy: ‘Sounded Convincing’
While some of Fox News’ “straight news” anchors have forcefully pushed back on President Donald Trump’s voter fraud conspiracies, it appears others are willing to lend some credence to them.Referencing Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell’s debunked theory that software from Dominion Voting Systems switched “millions of votes” from Trump to President-elect Joe Biden, Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer said on Monday afternoon that Powell’s evidence-free conspiracy-mongering “sounded convincing.”During an interview with Trump-boosting Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo on Sunday, Powell—who has also been pushing a conspiracy that the CIA was involved in switching votes to Biden—claimed that she had proof to back her assertions but she was “not gonna…