Carlson's comments came just after Axios published a report, citing sources familiar with the conversations, that Carlson had been communicating with Kremlin intermediaries in the U.S. about scheduling an interview with Putin when the Fox News host began accusing the NSA of spying on him. Axios noted, however, that it had not confirmed if any of Carlson's communications were intercepted and if so, why. ADVERTISEMENT Carlson, during his show on Wednesday, confirmed that he “contacted a couple of people I thought could help get us an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.” He said he did not tell anyone about the attempt, other than his executive producer, because he “figured that any kind of publicity would rattle the Russians, and make the interview less likely to happen,” before again accusing the Biden administration of “reading my emails” and leaking the contents to news organizations.