Tucker Carlson stops group promoting 2024 run with legal action for ‘deceiving supporters.’

Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Will Not Run for President in 2024, Says Attorney

A political action committee called Draft Tucker, which was launched to push Fox News host Tucker Carlson into the 2024 presidential race, has shut down after receiving a legal threat from Carlson’s attorney.

The PAC was launched amid speculation that Carlson might enter the presidential race after Fox News took him off the air and canceled his primetime show. However, Carlson is still under contract with Fox News and likely bound by a non-compete clause from relaunching another show, something he has promised to do. He is reportedly negotiating his departure from the network.

“Mr. Carlson will not run for President in 2024 under any circumstances, and therefore your misrepresentations are damaging to Mr. Carlson and defrauding his supporters,” said Carlson’s attorney, Harmeet Dhillon, in a cease-and-desist letter to the PAC. “If you do not immediately cease and desist your efforts to solicit money to ‘draft’ Mr. Carlson, we will use every legal means at our disposal to vindicate his rights and protect his supporters from these misrepresentations.”

Using Carlson’s Name and Image for Personal Gain

Dhillon accused the PAC of using Carlson’s name and image for personal gain, including raising money for an organization that Carlson does not support and for a goal he has expressly and unreservedly stated he will never pursue. The attorney also alleged that the PAC was collecting valuable donor contact information that it could sell or lease for profit.

Before it shut down, the PAC raised just $212 online, according to PAC chairman Chris Ekstrom. Ekstrom put in $35,000 of his own money. He said the $212 raised online would be donated to charity or returned to donors.

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The PAC had been running ads on Newsmax calling for Carlson to run. It asked the conservative news outlet to pull the ads following Dhillon’s letter.

Despite the speculation, it seems that Carlson will not be running for president in 2024.