Barr Told Murdoch to ‘Muzzle’ Trump Critic

Attorney General William Barr told Rupert Murdoch to “muzzle” Andrew Napolitano, a prominent Fox News personality who became a critic of President Trump, according to a new book about the rightwing TV network, The Guardian reports.

“Barr’s meeting with Murdoch, at the media mogul’s New York home in October 2019, was widely reported at the time, with speculation surrounding its subject. According to Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth, by CNN media reporter Brian Stelter, subjects covered included media consolidation and criminal justice reform.”

“But it was also about Judge Andrew Napolitano.”