Overview
- Israel Airports Authority and the U.S. Embassy said Carlson and his team were not detained or interrogated, describing routine passport questions conducted in a private VIP room.
- Video from the terminal shows Carlson smiling, signing paperwork, and posing with staff, contradicting his account of being held and intensely questioned.
- Carlson had told the Daily Mail that officials seized passports and questioned his executive producer after his airport interview with Ambassador Mike Huckabee.
- Following Huckabee’s public challenge over the Herzog allegation, Carlson posted an apology, acknowledged he had no evidence, and cited a firm denial from Herzog’s office.
- The Herzog claim stemmed from a doctored image and a misread 2014 Epstein email; Huckabee warned of potential defamation, and Channel 13 reported Israeli officials earlier debated whether to admit Carlson.