It has been noted that Tucker Carlson sent a cease and desist letter to a political action committee formed ostensibly to encourage the former Fox News host to run for president in 2024.
The letter, obtained by Mediaite, was sent by Carlson’s lawyer Harmeet Dhillon to the “Draft Tucker PAC,” which was announced last Thursday with an ad set to run all week on Newsmax.
“It has come to Mr. Carlson’s attention that you are soliciting contributions and donor contact information from the public by representing that the funds will be used to draft Mr. Tucker to run for President in 2024,” Dhillon wrote in the letter.
“Mr. Carlson will not run for President in 2024 under any circumstances, and therefore your misrepresentations are damaging to Mr. Carlson and defrauding his supporters,” she continued. “If you do not immediately cease and desist your efforts to solicit money to ‘draft’ Mr. Carlson, we will use every legal means at our disposal to vindicate his rights and protect his supporters from these misrepresentations.”
According to The Hill, the group first filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission back in April, soon after Carlson was fired by Fox News.
Dhillon repeatedly denied in the letter that Carlson has any plans to run for president in 2024, an election that already has a crowded Republican field that includes former President Donald Trump.
“Mr. Carlson is not now, and will not under any circumstances be, a candidate for President in the 2024 election,” Dhillon wrote. “Mr. Tucker unequivocally disavows your activities. Therefore, your efforts to raise money for a ‘draft’ committee are a waste of your time and the money of every donor to your committee, as you are on notice that these funds will not, in fact, be used for the purpose stated. Nor will the data you are collecting under false pretenses be used for the stated purpose.”
