It comes after Tucker Carlson made a series of claims about unseen footage from the Capitol riots.
The White House has called Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson "not credible" after he made a number of claims based on previously unseen footage from the 2021 Capitol riots.Mr Carlson showed unseen clips from the riots on his show this week.
Spokesperson Andrew Bates said the White House agreed with critics, including the "chief of the Capitol Police and the wide range of bipartisan lawmakers" that "condemned this false depiction of the unprecedented, violent attack". Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday it had been a "mistake for Fox News to depict this in a way that's completely at variance with what our chief law enforcement official here at the Capitol thinks" about the riot.
During Monday's programme, the Fox host showed footage of the "QAnon Shaman" - a man named Jacob Chansley and also known as Jake Angeli - wandering around the Capitol building trailed by police officers who show no signs, at least in the clips broadcast, of attempting to stop or arrest him.
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