Fox News is lying about the Trump whistleblower, suggesting it is just about a policy disagreement. The facts make clear that we are well beyond that point.

Fox News figures are pushing the Trump administration’s line against an intelligence official’s whistleblower report about a troubling phone call between President Donald Trump and a foreign leader, claiming the report is probably about a “policy.”

The Washington Post reported Thursday night that the complaint involves Ukraine, saying that “two and a half weeks before the complaint was filed, Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.” As he confirmed on CNN, Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani has pressured the Ukrainian government to investigate Trump’s political opponents.

Friday morning, Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade dismissed the whistleblower as a mere Trump critic, saying the president “has a policy ... this person disagrees with.”