Trending Now - Tucker Carlson Alleges CIA Monitored Texts, Faces Foreign Agent Charges

WHO:

Tucker Carlson, conservative pundit, age 56

Department of Justice (DOJ)

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

President Donald Trump

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee

WHAT:

Tucker Carlson claimed the DOJ is preparing to charge him for being an unregistered foreign agent.

Carlson stated that the CIA read his text messages leading up to the war with Iran.

Carlson mentioned he is likely being charged under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) of 1938.

Carlson criticized the joint U.S. and Israeli strikes that killed Ali Khamenei, calling them “absolutely disgusting and evil.”

Trump stated, “Tucker has lost his way,” during an interview on March 5th.

WHERE:

The claims and statements were made in a video posted on X (formerly Twitter).

Carlson met with Trump at the White House multiple times leading up to the U.S.-Israeli action on Iran.

WHEN:

Carlson's video was posted on March 14th, 2026.

The joint U.S.-Israeli action on Iran began on February 28th, 2026.

Carlson's last meeting with Trump is believed to have been on February 23rd, 2026.

Carlson was condemned for interviewing Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian in July 2025.

WHY:

Carlson suggested that the CIA's actions may be politically motivated due to his views on Israel.

He argued that countries become “more authoritarian” during wartime, leading to less tolerance for dissent.

HOW:

Carlson claimed the CIA is preparing a criminal referral to the DOJ based on his communications with individuals in Iran.

(UPDATED March 15, 2026 15:01 UTC)

In a video posted on X yesterday, Tucker Carlson claimed that the Department of Justice is preparing to charge him as an unregistered foreign agent, while also alleging that the CIA has accessed his text messages leading up to the recent war with Iran. Carlson criticized the joint U.S. and Israeli strikes that resulted in the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, calling the actions “absolutely disgusting and evil,” and suggested that the CIA's actions may be politically motivated due to his views on Israel. President Trump, during an interview on March 5, remarked that “Tucker has lost his way,” following Carlson's controversial meeting with him at the White House just days before the military action began on February 28.