Bret Baier’s take on Jan 6 show trial: Laying out ‘187 minutes makes him look horrific’
July 25, 2022 | Kevin Haggerty
When it comes to the Jan. 6 committee hearings, Bret Baier, the “fair and balanced” anchor of Fox News “Special Report,” has appeared to hold his thumb on the sham side of the scale and his latest take on former President Donald Trump was indeed “horrific.”
Baier joined “MediaBuzz” Sunday to recap the latest hearing with host Howard Kurtz where the focus was placed on the supposed 187 minutes of inaction from the president as the Capitol was being breached. When asked about the impact testimony was having on public opinion, the anchor seemed all too eager to malign Trump.
“Laying out all of these 187 minutes makes him look horrific. It really does. And it’s for everybody to see, and the president’s inaction and the vice president’s action getting on the phone is very telling,” Baier contended.
He then laid into opposition of the committee and said, “Critics of this committee will always come back to, ‘Why not allow cross-examination? Why not have another side that has a defense of the target that you’re going after?'” and Kurtz demonstrated exactly why that wouldn’t happen as he touched on the “most chilling moment” pertaining to testimony alleging Secret Service agents were “saying goodbye to their families” out of fear for their lives during the breach.
Baier’s penchant for distancing from the facts in favor of the narrative regarding Jan. 6 was previously highlighted when his initial reaction to former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s hearsay testimony was to trust it because, “Cassidy Hutchinson is under oath on Capitol Hill,” adding that her “testimony was very compelling from beginning to end.”
Despite the backlash over the hot take that rallied colleague Geraldo Rivera to defend Baier and assert Hutchinson deserved the Medal of Freedom, the anchor knowingly diverted from the facts again.
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