In the wake of the report by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz about the origin of the Trump/Russia probe, Fox News is working to spin a variety of conspiracy theories and misrepresentations. But the report found that despite a number of procedural errors and omissions in the process to get Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act approval to monitor Trump campaign aide Carter Page, there was still a legitimate basis to begin the investigation.

Fox had been building up hype on this for years, alleging all manner of conspiracy theories about anti-Trump political bias and a vast plot to plant spies and frame him — but the report itself was a big dud, to the point that Attorney General Bill Barr has attacked it on Trump’s behalf. So what does Fox do? Well, they lie about it.

Prime-time host Sean Hannity really topped Monday night with perhaps the most Orwellian presentation: He declared that the report showed exactly the opposite of what it actually said, saying the investigation was “nothing but outright lies” and “a massive political bias.”