'He has no shot': Tucker Carlson begs Trump to 'rescue' right-wing actor accused of rape

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson took to X on Friday to defend actor Russell Brand who was arrested on rape and assault charges in London.

Brand was granted "conditional bail," The Associated Press reported Friday. Last month, Brand was charged with two counts each of rape and sexual assault, as well as a count of indecent assault. He hasn't entered a plea but has previously denied the allegations.

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Carlson claimed, "None of the charges are backed by hard evidence. All of them supposedly took place more than 20 years ago, one of them in the 1990s. The entire case is transparently political and absurd, a near-identical replay of the fake rape charges authorities brought against Julian Assange 15 years ago."

Carlson said that Brand "was once a famous leftwing actor, celebrated by the British establishment" before he began criticizing "the government for using Covid to turn the UK into a totalitarian state. The accolades abruptly stopped. A government TV station accused Brand of committing sex crimes against anonymous women they refused to name. Government officials called for his opinions to be scrubbed from the internet. Last month, British prosecutors charged Brand with rape and sexual assault. None of the charges are backed by hard evidence."

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