Fox News Hires Hugh Hewitt After His Dramatic Washington Post Exit

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Conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt has joined Fox News Channel as a contributor, the network announced in a statement Friday morning.

In his new role, Hewitt will provide analysis across all platforms, and will make his debut Friday night on Special Report With Bret Baier, the network said.

Hewitt, the host of The Hugh Hewitt Show on the Salem Radio Network and Salem News Channel was a pro-Donald Trump voice in the editorial pages of The Washington Post until November, when he left the paper after walking out of a live event.

Back in December, Hewitt blasted the White House press corps as “no use to the country” and said he’d “ban everyone” from briefings with the exception of the Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy.

Hewitt made the remarks during a conversation with guest Bethany Mandel on his show, slamming the press corps as complicit in refusing to address the idea that President Joe Biden was “not competent” to lead. Pressure on Biden over his ability to lead ultimately resulted in his decision to step out of the presidential race after his disastrous debate with Trump, who went on to win the election against Vice President Kamala Harris.

“Bethany, with the exception of Peter Doocy, I would ban everyone from the White House press room who has been there for the past four years because they are obviously of no use to the country,” Hewitt began. “They didn’t tell us the number one thing, which is that [Biden] is not competent. Why in the world would Trump let them in?”