
And, of course, by tightly controlling Trump’s public image, Fox News is doing its level best to protect him legally. These days, Trump can’t open his mouth without undermining his legal defense in the 4 separate criminal trials he’s facing. Just this week, for instance, he claimed Sidney Powell, the lawyer most closely identified with Trump’s attack on the 2020 election, “WAS NOT MY ATTORNEY, AND NEVER WAS” after she took an eleventh-hour plea deal with prosecutors in Georgia. Within minutes, this claim was immediately debunked by journalists posting clips of Trump claiming otherwise in 2020.

