Rebekah Mercer has spoken with Tucker Carlson since his April departure from Fox News about possibly investing into his as yet unnamed media company.News of Mercer and Thiel's interest in Carlson comes as reports say he is looking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars to fund the company.
It was unclear Monday whether Thiel or Mercer had officially moved ahead with a financing plan, and their spokespeople did not respond to multiple requests for comment over several weeks, including outreach on Monday. A spokesman for Carlson did not return a request for comment.
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