Fox News hosts give passionate defense of Russia following indictment for election interference Jeanine Pirro: “A lot of countries do that” Written by Media Matters Staff Published 09/05/24 6:03 PM EDT Video file Citation From the September 5, 2024, edition of Fox News' The Five JEANINE PIRRO (HOST): There is no evidence. Look, it's shock. The Russians are spreading propaganda. First of all, a lot of countries do that, in fact, we do that. Okay? So let's stop fooling ourselves. But the only bad actor in the world is not Russia. In fact, Russia is the excuse used by those who want to tell us that the laptop is Russian disinformation. Russia didn't tell us that. The Democrats told us that. The Democrats told us that and they changed an election with that because they suppressed our freedom of speech.