Democracy Dies in Darkness

Why Sean Hannity’s dishonesty matters

Analysis by
National columnist
December 22, 2022 at 10:43 a.m. EST
Sean Hannity waits to hear Vice President Mike Pence speak on the third day of the Republican National Convention in August 2020. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
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Objective observers should have dismissed the credibility of attorney Sidney Powell within moments of her taking the microphone at a news conference held shortly after the 2020 election.

This was the news conference centered on President Donald Trump’s crumbling effort to retain power at which Rudy Giuliani’s hair leaked, a cramped, bizarre affair held at the national headquarters of the Republican Party in D.C. And despite the stratospheric bizarreness of Giuliani’s unstable claims about the security of the presidential election two weeks before, Powell managed to rocket right past him.