“Progressive” journalist Tim Burke has been indicted and arrested on 14 federal crimes including charges of conspiring to hack Fox News and leak Tucker Carlson videos.
Tim Burke previously worked at the Daily Beast and Deadspin.
Working according to progressive policies
Winning on progressive policies
Enacting progressive policies https://t.co/dBuPSKoALk– Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) January 11, 2023
Last year, behind-the-scenes videos of Tucker Carlson were leaked publicly.
In one of the leaked videos, Tucker Carlson talked about how he was provoked by a Dominion lawyer who called him a “slimy motherfucker” during his testimony.
In fact, these leaked videos made everyone love Tucker even more.
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In this behind-the-scenes video, Tucker Carlson talks about how he was “provoked” by Dominion's lawyer, who he calls a “f***er,” during his deposition. https://t.co/B8hZtOkfBX pic.twitter.com/tPIzgGzFAw
– Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) May 3, 2023
The videos were hilarious.
He watches:
VOXLEX: Tucker Carlson asks makeup artist if 'pillow fights broke out' in women's bathroom in new behind-the-scenes video https://t.co/M2d6THLRdq pic.twitter.com/vSRooVlzVH
– Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) May 4, 2023
The Tampa Bay Times reported last year that the FBI searched the home of Florida Democrat and left-wing journalist Tim Burke after videos of Tucker Carlson were leaked and posted online.
Tucker Carlson and Fox News hackers linked to FBI search of Tampa councilman's home https://t.co/dYTi2VXAbI
– Tampa Bay Times (@TB_Times) May 26, 2023
Tim Burke has been charged with 14 federal crimes for hacking Fox News.
CNN reported:
Timothy Burke, a former journalist, has been charged with 14 federal felonies related to the alleged hacking and leaking of a series of unflattering behind-the-scenes clips of Tucker Carlson, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday.
In the grand jury indictment, Burke was charged with one count of conspiracy, six counts of accessing a protected computer without authorization, and seven counts of intercepting or disclosing wire, oral, or electronic communications. The 45-year-old was arrested Thursday morning and is expected to appear in federal court in Tampa, Florida, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
The charges against Burke, who has denied breaking the law through his attorney, follow a Justice Department investigation into criminal hacking that began last year after previously unseen videos from Carlson's former Fox News show appeared online. In one unaired clip posted by Vice in 2022, Kanye West was seen making anti-Semitic remarks to Carlson. The following year, after Carlson was fired from Fox News, progressive watchdog Media Matters published embarrassing behind-the-scenes footage of Carlson making rude remarks while joking with employees and discrediting the streaming service Fox Nation.
