Jesse Watters Once Texted Greg Gutfeld To Fantasize About ‘Incredible’ Ratings ‘If Fox Went ALL In On STOP THE STEAL’

Sarah Rumpf Aug 19th, 2025, 11:41 pm

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The latest filings in Smartmatic’s lawsuit against Fox News revealed that host Jesse Watters did not believe the election fraud claims but still texted his colleague Greg Gutfeld to say he thought Fox would get “incredible” ratings if they “went ALL in on STOP THE STEAL.”

In 2021, Smartmatic filed a $2.7 billion defamation suit against Fox, alleging that the network’s coverage falsely accused the voting technology company of committing fraud in the 2020 election to steal the victory from President Donald Trump and give it to President Joe Biden , and that these false statements damaged the co

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