WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Fox Information on Wednesday notified Tucker Carlson’s legal professionals that the previous prime-time anchor violated his contract with the community when he launched his personal Twitter present on Tuesday, Axios reported, citing a duplicate of a letter obtained by the information web site.
Carlson launched the primary episode of his new present on Twitter on Tuesday, weeks after being taken off the air by the community following a harmful defamation lawsuit over false claims of election fraud.
Carlson’s lawyer informed Axios that any authorized motion by Fox would violate his First Modification rights. The First Modification of the U.S. structure ensures residents the suitable to free speech.
“Fox defends its very existence on freedom of speech grounds. Now they need to take Tucker Carlson’s proper to talk freely away from him as a result of he took to social media to share his ideas on present occasions,” Carlson’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, stated in an announcement cited by Axios.
Fox Information didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Modifying by Leslie Adler and Deepa Babington)