CNN's Jake Tapper nails Fox News for floating FBI assassination conspiracy 'based only on social media nonsense'

CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday reacted to a Fox News co-host suggesting the FBI had a secret plan to assassinate Donald Trump, noting the absurd claim is “based only on social media nonsense.”

On Tuesday’s “Outnumbered,” Fox News guest Kevin Jackson suggested, without evidence, that when Peter Strzok texted last year that there needs to be an “insurance policy” if Trump is elected, the former FBI agent was referring to assassination.

“Because that’s exactly what FBI Director, former FBI Director [James] Comey said when he was letting Hillary Clinton off the hook,” Jackson said. “And his intent, regardless of whether it was an assassination attempt or whatever, it was definitely something.”

That enormous leap, which runs counter to every piece of available information on Strzok’s communications, drew outrage from Tapper.

“So just to underline this, this is a network that has been talking about coups and talking about how the FBI is like the KGB,” Tapper explained. “Today they had a guest … suggesting with zero evidence and based only on social media nonsense that there was an FBI plot, perhaps to assassinate Donald Trump.”

Last night, InfoWars' Alex Jones floated the idea that the FBI is planning to assassinate the president over the next month, based off nothing more than a "gut" feeling.

Fellow panelists described the suggestion as “crazy” and “terribly irresponsible.”

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