Disgraced former Donal Trump lawyer and New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is reportedly “hurt” after he learned that he and other senior aides to Donald Trump have been banned from Fox News.
Politico reported that Giuliani learned of the ban the night before Sept. 11, when his scheduled appearance on “Fox & Friends” to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks was cut and host Pete Hegseth called to apologize.
Giuliani hasn’t appeared on the conservative network for almost three months and he’s now “really hurt because he did a big favor for Rupert [Murdoch],” a source close to Giuliani told Politico. “He was instrumental in getting Fox on Time Warner so it could be watched in New York City.”
The source told the news outlet that “the ban comes from the top” and includes Giuliani’s son, Andrew, who has not appeared on Fox News since launching his New York gubernatorial campaign, although rival GOP candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin has made frequent appearances.
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Giuliani’s former police commissioner Bernie Kerik, who also pushed election conspiracies, appeared live only once on Sept. 11, on host Jesse Watters’ show, and he complained about Giuliani’s ban to Fox Business News president Lauren Petterson.
“I could not have been more disappointed with the Fox coverage on the 20th anniversary of September 11,” Kerik told Politico. “Then they chose to intentionally ignore Mayor Giuliani who was, and who according to their own coverage for the last two decades was America’s hero on the day and in the aftermath of the attack. Regardless of reasoning, I think this was another demonstration of Fox’s cowering to the far left.”
Other senior aides to Trump have also been shut out by Fox News.
“They’re not doing us any favors,” said one ex-Trump aide.
