Rudy Giuliani Threatens Lawsuit Against Tucker Carlson Over Alleged Defamation in Hunter Biden Interview

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has announced his intent to sue Tucker Carlson, accusing him of defaming himself during a recent interview with Hunter Biden.

In his remarks, Giuliani sharply criticized both Carlson and Biden over their discussion of the origins of the Hunter Biden laptop controversy. “He personally defamed me, Hunter Biden did,” Giuliani stated. “And so did Tucker.”

The former mayor expressed particular anger at Carlson’s comments about whether Israeli figures played a role in bringing material associated with Hunter Biden’s laptop into the public arena.

Giuliani interpreted Carlson’s response to Hunter Biden as an agreement that he and President Donald Trump had acted as agents for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “In other words, he agrees that I was and Trump was an agent for Bibi,” Giuliani added.

When pressed on the matter, Giuliani denied being an agent for any foreign entity, stating: “I wasn’t an agent for anybody but myself and the United States of America and the man I was representing.”

Asked whether he intended to follow through on his threat, Giuliani replied: “Absolutely.”

The dispute centers on a 2020 controversy involving material from a computer associated with Hunter Biden that was published by The New York Post shortly before the presidential election. Giuliani provided The New York Post with a copy of the hard drive, which became the basis for stories about its contents.

President Biden has disputed aspects of the laptop narrative, stating during his interview with Carlson that material eventually attributed to the laptop came from multiple sources, including hacked cloud accounts.

Giuliani’s threatened lawsuit would focus on whether Carlson’s comments about Giuliani’s alleged role in the episode constituted defamation.