CIA Reading Tucker Carlson’s Texts & Planning FARA Charges – Tucker’s Warning: “You Should Know What the Stakes Are” (VIDEO)
You know that chilling moment when a top investigative journalist reveals that the CIA has been spying on him and is preparing a criminal referral under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) simply for doing his job? That’s exactly what Tucker Carlson dropped in a powerful video statement on Saturday. Carlson alleged the CIA read his text messages after he talked to people in Iran before the war, and they’re now considering charging him as a foreign agent. His warning to Americans was direct: “You should know what your own government is doing, and you should know what the stakes are.”
Tucker explained: “So the other day, I found out that the CIA is preparing some kind of criminal referral against me, a crime report to the Department of Justice on the basis of a supposed crime I committed. What’s that crime? Well, talking to people in Iran before the war. They read my texts. So, the crime under consideration, apparently, would be the Foreign Agent Act, or something like that, acting as an agent of a foreign power.”
He made it clear he’s not worried about an actual case:
“One, I’m not an agent of a foreign power. Unlike a lot of people, commenting on US politics and global affairs, I have only one loyalty, and that’s the United States and have never acted against it. Its interests are the only interests I care about because I’m from here and I have a lot of kids, so that’s not a concern. I’ve also never taken money from anybody. Don’t need it, don’t want it, and that’s provable. And moreover, it’s my job to talk to everybody all the time and try and figure out what’s happening around the world. That’s literally what I do for a living. And I’m not going to stop doing that, nor should I, I don’t think. I’m also an American. I can talk to anybody. I have no secrets to divulge. So, legally, I think the case is ludicrous, and I doubt it will even become a case.”
Tucker tied this to broader concerns about government overreach during wartime:
“Countries tend to become more authoritarian in wartime. It’s just the nature of war. People are dying, the stakes are high, people’s emotions have risen to a very high point, to a crescendo, and so there’s much less tolerance for any kind of dissent in the homeland. The irony, of course, is the United States fights wars on behalf of freedom, but there’s always less of it here in our country during war.”
He also pointed out that intelligence agencies spy on Americans — something revealed by Snowden and Assange — and that some factions within the CIA are “mad at me for my views about Israel.” He suggested the referral might be used to justify warrants or to leak the investigation to the media for intimidation purposes. Tucker compared it to Russiagate and warned that things like this could happen at greater scale now.
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When you discover the CIA has been reading your texts in order to frame you for a crime. pic.twitter.com/XgoluHw8EG
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) March 14, 2026
The New York Times reported Carlson met with Trump three times in the month leading up to the war on Iran, with Carlson being one of the few in the president’s orbit who was “lobbying against” an attack. Trump did not follow Carson’s advice, it turned out.
Carlson on Saturday said the final reason he could be facing charges is because the U.S. intelligence community likes to leak those stories in order to “humiliate and terrify” its enemies.
This is a direct warning to every American: the deep state is watching, reading texts, and preparing to weaponize laws like FARA against journalists and critics who don’t toe the line. Tucker’s only “crime”? Doing his job as an independent voice and talking to sources on all sides to understand global events. The left’s outrage machine will try to paint this as “conspiracy theory,” but Tucker’s calm, factual delivery makes it impossible to dismiss.
The timing is no coincidence. With escalating tensions in the Middle East and the Iran conflict, certain factions in the intelligence community are lashing out at anyone questioning the official narrative. Tucker has been one of the few voices pushing back against endless wars and blind support for certain foreign policies — and now they’re coming after him.
This should concern every American who values free speech and a free press. If the CIA can read a journalist’s texts and prepare criminal referrals for talking to people in Iran, what does that mean for the rest of us? The deep state doesn’t want dissent — especially when it challenges their forever-war machine.
Trump’s return to the White House has already begun draining parts of that swamp, but cases like this show how deep the rot goes. The American people deserve transparency, not secret surveillance and intimidation campaigns against independent voices.
Tucker’s message is clear: know what your government is doing. The stakes are high, and the fight for real freedom is far from over.
**Opinion Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article, including support for Tucker Carlson’s right to free speech and criticisms of intelligence agency overreach, reflect a critical perspective and may not align with all readers. Facts are based on reported events and public statements; readers should form their own conclusions.**
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