Carlson says he won't give in to Podesta's scare tactics. (Screenshot)

Tony Podesta’s lawyer is trying “to shut down our reporting on his client,” Tucker Carlson said Monday on his Fox News Channel program. But, Carlson said he isn’t backing down, because the facts are on his side.

As The Daily Wire reports, the Podesta Group is being investigated in connection with the Russia-election probe:

Fox News host Tucker Carlson revealed Monday night that he was threatened by a lawyer representing Tony Podesta over his coverage of the Podesta Group as they have reportedly come under investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. The two-page letter “demands” the following from Carlson and Fox News: Immediately issue a retraction that is of equal prominence to the reports by no later than Friday, November 3, 2017

Remove the story from all media sources

Cease and desist from disseminating false and misleading statements about Mr. Podesta and the Podesta Group

Carlson said the letter actually says that he can’t even quote the letter – which he did, on-air:

“The letter doesn’t stop there, though. It also warns us that we will face legal action under the copyright act, merely for quoting from this letter publicly, as we just did. “The most amusing line, though, is this one, quote: ‘Paul Manafort did not work with The Podesta Group in its representation of the European Center for a Modern Ukraine.’ That’s what the lawyer’s letter told us. Apparently, that lawyer hasn’t read the Manafort indictment, yet.”

Carlson said a lawyer told him that Podesta is attempting to use fear to control and shut down press coverage:

“Podesta’s lawyer wasn’t trying to inform us of anything – but, to threaten us, to shut down our reporting on his client. One lawyer we talked to earlier today said the Podesta people have used this tactic with others before. It’s common: it’s an effort to use fear to control press coverage.”

But, Carlson said he’s not scared and he’ll continue to report the facts of the case: