Trump spokesman says Fox News edited interview to suppress allegations of voter fraud

Former chief spokesperson for former President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Fox News edited a new interview with Trump to suppress unverified allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Liz Harrington, a former Republican National Committee spokesperson who was named Trump’s personal spokesperson in June, accused Fox News of censorship after Trump appeared on the Bongino show on Saturday night, Unfiltered, to discuss and criticize Democratic policies under the administration of President Joe Biden.

“Fox News DELETED President Trump’s words,” Harrington tweeted after the interview, sharing a YouTube video that allegedly showed a “mount jump.”

Harrington claimed the network edited a quote from Trump calling the election “bogus” and mentioning “voter abuse” and “voter fraud.”

It’s as bad as Big Tech. They put President Trump’s honest statement and the concerns of tens of millions of Americans in the memory.

I guess it’s FILTERed after all, @dbongino.

– Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) August 8, 2021

Trump has repeated unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud in most of his speeches and public appearances since he left office. The interview aired with Bongino on Fox News on August 7 did not show Trump raising allegations of voter fraud, although he did claim Democrats were against voter identification as he criticized efforts to to expand voting rights.

“It’s just as bad as Big Tech. They put President Trump’s honest statement and the concerns of tens of millions of Americans in the memory,” Harrington tweeted. “I guess it’s FILTERed after all, @dbongino. “

News week has contacted Fox News for comment. This story will be updated with any response.

At the heart of the January 6 Capitol riot is the claim that the November presidential election was stolen. Trump was the main propagator of the lie, despite his former attorney general Bill Barr’s insistence that there was no evidence that the fraud changed the election outcome.

Most cable networks, including NBC, CBS, and ABC, backed away from Trump’s White House press conference on November 5 as the then president delved into false allegations of widespread voter fraud , casting doubt on the integrity of the election. Some news anchors also broke into their live broadcasts to verify the facts and correct false allegations.

Conservative media including Newsmax, One America News Network (OAN) and a few Fox News opinion leaders amplified the claim, giving credence to the Trump campaign legal challenges which were all dismissed by the courts.

In February, Fox News began broadcasting a new package debunking electoral fraud allegations its own hosts and guests spread after voting firm Smartmatic launched a legal threat against the network, accusing it of being be engaged in a “disinformation campaign”.

The package featured an expert in voting technology discrediting a series of conspiracy theories that had been put forward by hosts Jeanine Pirro, Lou Dobbs and Maria Bartiromo.