Fox News Sidelines Andrew Napolitano After Wiretap Allegation -
By JOHN KOBLINMARCH 21, 2017
Andrew Napolitano, the senior legal analyst for Fox News, has been temporarily sidelined following his unproved assertion last week
that former President Barack Obama had asked for British assistance in spying on Donald J. Trump, a person briefed on the decision said on Monday.
Mr. Trump then brought it up again on Friday, saying, “All we did was quote a very talented legal mind.”
Fox was then put into the awkward position of denouncing Mr. Napolitano’s allegation, with the daytime
anchor Shepard Smith saying on Friday: “Fox News cannot confirm Judge Napolitano’s commentary.
Mr. Comey’s hearing touched on Judge Napolitano’s allegation — which both President Trump and his press secretary, Sean Spicer, repeated —
that British intelligence officers wiretapped Mr. Trump at Mr. Obama’s request.
