![]() “I just frankly don’t understand this, you know, retrospective look,” he said. John Cornyn of Texas, who previously held the No. “People who violated the law should be prosecuted. Other Republicans said it is an unwise political strategy for Trump to focus on the attempted insurrection as he seeks a comeback bid in 2024. Some disagreed with his judgment in playing a video that exalts those who took part in the attack on the Capitol and were arrested, rejecting the narrative in pro-Trump circles that the rioters were “peaceful” protesters. Top Senate Republicans broke with former President Donald Trump on Monday over his decision to feature video of Jan. ![]() How many forms of cheating and rigging does he have to see?" Trump posted on his social media website this month. "Rupert Murdoch should apologize to his viewers and readers for his ridiculous defense of the 2020 Presidential Election. Trump has, however, been very critical of Murdoch. Trump has not criticized the talk show hosts, appearing on Hannity's radio show and praising Carlson, who has walked back his Trump comments, for his Jan. ![]() Chairman Rupert Murdoch, meanwhile, was quoted as saying he found half of Trump's claims to be “bulls- and damaging.” “We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights. Testifying about the false claims promoted by one of Trump's lawyers, Hannity said, "I did not believe it for one second." Ingraham was quoted saying the same lawyer, Sidney Powell, was a "complete nut," while Carlson texted an unidentified person that he was excited to turn the page on Trump. The interview with the network is the first sitdown since text message exchanges and deposition excerpts from Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox, in which recently released court documents revealed that Hannity and fellow hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham had privately said they didn't believe Trump's false claims about a stolen election while giving them oxygen on air. While he awaits word on whether he'll be indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan, Trump sat for a taped interview with Sean Hannity set to air tonight on Fox News.
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