Instead, he said on Fox News on Tuesday that it was “an FBI operation to drive a sitting duly elected president from office.”

Carlson made the claim during a nearly 20-minute segment on the discovery of classified documents in a private office used by President Joe Biden when he was vice president. The segment included clips of media figures speaking about the discovery of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home last year.

Carlson laughed after playing the clips.

“The funniest part was Bernstein, formally of the Washington Post, who literally participated in an FBI operation ― not guessing, documented ― an FBI operation to drive a sitting duly elected president from office,” he said. “Carl Bernstein participated in that.”

One of Woodward and Bernstein’s most famous sources during Watergate was a mysterious figure known for decades only as Deep Throat.

Despite that, Carlson has tried to rewrite the history of the scandal, saying last year that “no one can explain” it.

“That was clearly driven by government agencies, including the FBI,” Carlson insisted in September.