by Josh Guckert

It was discovered Monday that Fox News will keep Judge Andrew Napolitano off the air indefinitely following his accusations that the British foreign surveillance agency, the Government Communications Headquarters, “most likely” provided then-President Obama with transcripts of now-President Trump’s recorded calls.

Napolitano wrote at the time that “By bypassing all American intelligence services, Obama would have had access to what he wanted with no Obama administration fingerprints.” This statement was cited by White Press Secretary Sean Spicer and Trump himself in later attempts to defend the President’s original claim.

In defense of his statement, Napolitano insisted that “Fox News has spoken to intelligence community members who believe that surveillance did occur, that it was done by British intelligence.” However, Fox News asserted that this was not the truth, walking back this claim on Friday through anchor Shepard Smith, who said “Fox News knows of no evidence of any kind that the now-president of the United States was surveilled at any time, in any way.”

Napolitano defended his original statements on Sunday, saying that he “reported what the sources told me, reported it accurately and I do believe the substance of what they told me.” Fox News did not respond to requests for comment from the Los Angeles Times.