Fox News threatens to sue Tucker Carlson

Fox News is threatening to sue Tucker Carlson, alleging that the former top-rated host violated his contract by airing a Tucker on Twitter video in which Tucker Carlson simply posted a video on Twitter, but it seemed like a new show. However, if Tucker Carlson is not being paid and he's simply posting videos of himself on social media, then is that even a show?

According to a news report by Axios, Tucker Carlson's lawyers were contacted on Wednesday night to tell them he violated his contract with Fox News upon launching the 'Twitter show' - and that video was viewed by 80 million people and counting, reaching numbers that many networks wish they had.

This may give Fox News grounds to see if there's any legal case they could take against Tucker Carlson, but knowing Tucker Carlson, he probably had his lawyers dig into the legality of his contract before he posted a video, just to be sure it was safe - or at the very least, not very costly in court if there was a contract violation.

Axios had more information from Tucker Carlson's lawyers who said legal action from Fox News, targeting Tucker, would violate Tucker's First Amendment rights. Attorney Bryan Freedman said, in a statement to Axios: "Fox defends its very existence on freedom of speech grounds. Now they want to take Tucker Carlson’s right to speak freely away from him because he took to social media to share his thoughts on current events," said Carlson's lawyer, Bryan Freedman, in a statement to Axios"

This statement from Tucker Carlson's lawyers suggest they want Fox News to back off or bring the heat. This battle between giants is only heating up and could turn into something much bigger, or it could completely fizzle out and Tucker Carlson continues posting his videos on Twitter.