A new report has identified the suspected source behind the batch of leaked footage of former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
According to a report from The Tampa Bay Times, a federal prosecutor is investigating the alleged hack of Fox News by Tim Burke that resulted in internal videos of Tucker Carlson being released and shared with the media.
The outlet reported that the FBI searched Burke's home earlier this week. The successful media consultant and former Deadspin and Daily Beast writer known on Twitter as @bubbaprog is reportedly being investigated in connection with the leak.
Mediaite has more:
A letter sent to Fox News by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Trezevant and obtained by the Tampa Bay Times asked the network to “preserve information and records” pertaining to computer hacks at the company. The federal investigation into the matter “concerns allegations of unauthorized computer access; interception of wire, oral or electronic communication; conspiracy; and other federal crimes.”
“The letter does not mention Burke, but the Times confirmed with two people close to the investigation that the matter relates to the May 8 search at his Seminole Heights home,” noted the report, which added Burke “has not been accused of any wrongdoing.”
Vice News and Media Matters for America circulated unflattering videos of the former primetime Fox host earlier this spring. One of the leaked videos showed Carlson trashing the network's streaming service, Fox Nation. (RELATED: Footage Shows Tucker Carlson Trashing Fox Nation Ahead Of Ouster)
“I don't want to be a slave to Fox Nation, which I don't think that people watch anyway,” Carlson said on a call captured by video. “We're gonna — because, you know, I'm like a representative of the American media now, speaking to an exile in Romania and welcoming him back into the brotherhood of journalists.”
Earlier this month, Fox issued cease-and-desist letters to the outlets over the footage of Carlson. (RELATED: Fox Sends Cease-And-Desist Letter Over Leaked Tucker Carlson Footage)
“That unaired footage is Fox's confidential intellectual property; Fox did not consent to its distribution or publication; and Fox does not consent to its further distribution or publication.”
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