Ted Cruz demands probe and accuses Pentagon of bullying Tucker Carlson

Republican senator Ted Cruz has asked for a meeting with the head of the Marines, as he accused the Pentagon of launching “political attacks” against Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson and civilians who criticise government policy.

“Under Biden, the military is launching political attacks to intimidate Tucker Carlson & other civilians who criticize their policy decisions,” Mr Cruz tweeted on Sunday, announcing that he has sent a letter to US secretary of defence Lloyd Austin.

“Officials in uniform are being used for the campaign. I’ve demanded a meeting with the Commandant of the USMC to put a stop to it,” he said.

The Texas senator also attached a copy of the letter he wrote to Austin, alongside a tweet where he said that the Pentagon has been mobilising “systematic, public attacks against television host Tucker Carlson” in the last week “that in substance, tone, and political resonance are inexplicably inappropriate".