In a recent interview on CNN, Jeanine Pirro, appointed by Trump as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, shrugged off Tucker Carlson’s controversial comments, calling them insignificant. This dismissal came after a clip was shown of Carlson, a former Fox News host, making the audacious claim that the president could potentially be ‘the Antichrist.’
The interview, broadcast live on Sunday, featured CNN’s Jake Tapper questioning Pirro about the inflammatory nature of Carlson’s remarks. This question was part of a broader conversation on whether heightened partisan rhetoric is contributing to political violence across the nation.
The urgency of this discussion intensified following a troubling incident where a gunman tried to breach the White House Correspondents’ dinner with intentions to assassinate President Trump and other officials. This alarming event marked at least the third assassination attempt on the president’s life.
As Tapper set the stage for the clip, he noted, “There are a lot of crazy people saying a lot of horrific things.” He then introduced Carlson’s segment, reminding viewers of Carlson’s prior association with Fox News and his current independent podcast platform.
The segment highlighted Carlson’s April 15 broadcast from his independent show, which remains a popular outlet for his opinions following his departure from the mainstream network. The clip served as a focal point for discussing the potential consequences of incendiary public discourse.
The segment then cut to an April 15 clip from the Tucker Carlson Show, which is the former Fox host’s popular independent podcast.
‘Here’s a leader who’s mocking the gods of his ancestors, mocking the god of gods, and exalting himself above them,’ Carlson said in the clip.
‘Could this be the Antichrist?’ he then said. ‘Well, who knows?’
During a live CNN interview on Sunday, host Jake Tapper asked Jeanine Pirro whether Tucker Carlson used ‘incendiary’ language when suggesting that Trump might be ‘the Antichrist’
Pirro, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, replied that ‘whatever Tucker Carlson says is not relevant to me right now’
Carlson is pictured during the April 15 episode of his podcast, in which he said Trump was mocking God and asked ‘Could this be the Antichrist’
‘That seems incendiary, too, no?’ Tapper asked Pirro after the clip ended.
‘Look, you know, whatever Tucker Carlson says is not relevant to me right now,’ Trump’s prosecutor replied. ‘I really don’t care about what he says. All I care about are the facts, the evidence and what I can prove. All of this other stuff is noise.’
‘What we’ve got is a president of the United States – he is literally being targeted. He is being hunted,’ Pirro continued.
‘And our job and the job of everyone in law enforcement is to protect that president. I don’t care what people on the outside say. I disagree with them entirely, but what we cannot do, Jake, we cannot blame the victim.’
‘Oh, I’m not blaming the victim,’ Tapper said before Pirro could continue.
‘Right, and I don’t want other people to blame the victim either,’ the prosecutor replied.
Later in the interview, Tapper discussed a controversial social media post from former FBI Director James Comey, which showed seashells arranged on a beach depicting the numbers ’86 47.’
Comey was indicted by the Department of Justice over the post last week and accused of threatening the president’s life because 86 is a slang term for removing or getting rid of something, and Trump is the 47th president.
Later in the interview, Tapper brought up former FBI Director James Comey (pictured), who has been indicted for a social media post that prosecutors say was a threat to the president’s life
The controversial post in question is pictured. Eighty-six is a slang term for removing or getting rid of something, and Trump is the 47th president
Tapper compared the former FBI director’s post with Carlson’s statement and asked whether the ‘antichrist’ comment was more incendiary than the picture of the seashells arranged into numbers.
Pirro, as Trump’s appointed prosecutor in the Department of Justice, is a key figure in Comey’s indictment.
‘You know, I’m really not here as a political pundit anymore,’ Pirro replied.
‘I’m here as a prosecutor. My job is to decide whether or not I have evidence and whether – I’ve got 30 years in this, a prosecutor, a DA, a judge, and now the United States attorney,’ she continued.
‘My job is to not talk about talking heads and what they say. My job is to come here and offer to you, CNN, any evidence that we have that will answer the questions you have.’
The Daily Mail has reached out to Carlson’s independent media company, the Tucker Carlson Network, for comment.
