'Hoax!' Fox's Jesse Watters caught backtracking after celebrating Trump threats

A Fox News host who championed Donald Trump's political threats of retribution has been caught trying to claim reports of the former president's promised "revenge tour" are a hoax.

The watchdog group Media Matters on Monday issued a ruthless fact check on pro-Trump Jesse Watters and his conflicting commentary on the controversial presumptive Republican presidential nominee's rhetoric of revenge.

"Following the lead of his fellow pro-Trump media sycophants, Watters is currently downplaying...