Sean Hannity
American television host and political commentator
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| 2024 | Hannity moved from Long Island, New York to Florida and began broadcasting The Sean Hannity Show and Hannity from his new home. |
| December 25 2024 | Hannity proposed to Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt on Christmas Day at a church in Florida. |
| March 2024 | The Biden impeachment inquiry begins to wind down due to lack of evidence and limited Republican support. |
| February 2024 | FBI informant Alexander Smirnov is indicted on charges of fabricating the Biden bribery allegation, with allegations of association with Russian intelligence. |
| December 2023 | Republicans unanimously vote to initiate an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden despite lack of evidence of wrongdoing. |
| October 2023 | A staffer on Hannity's show emailed Republican lawmakers advocating for Jim Jordan's support as House Speaker, aligned with Trump's preference. |
| January 2023 | James Comer begins investigating the Biden family, with Sean Hannity extensively promoting and discussing the allegations on his program. |
| 2021 | Fox News was sued for defamation by Dominion Voting Systems over unsubstantiated election fraud claims promoted on Hannity's show. |
| July 2021 | On live television, Hannity encouraged his audience to consider getting vaccinated against COVID-19. |
| April 2021 | Hannity purchased a $5.3 million house near Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. |
| 2020 | After Trump's election loss, Hannity sent text messages to Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows offering advice and discussing a potential real estate venture. |
| December 2020 | Hannity called for a special prosecutor to investigate Trump's voter fraud claims, despite no credible evidence existing. |
| December 31 2020 | Hannity texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows expressing skepticism about the events planned for January 6, stating 'I do NOT see January 6 happening the way he [Trump] is being told'. |
| October 12 2020 | Fox News agreed to pay millions of dollars to the Rich family in settlement of the lawsuit regarding conspiracy theories about Seth Rich's death. |
| August 4 2020 | Hannity released his fourth book 'Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink' through Threshold Editions. |
| June 2020 | Hannity and Jill Rhodes publicly announced their divorce, which had occurred the previous year. |
| March 2020 | Hannity characterized the COVID-19 virus as a 'hoax' and suggested the outbreak might be a 'fraud' perpetrated by the 'deep state'. |
| February 2020 | During the early spread of COVID-19 in the United States, Hannity claimed that 'many on the left are rooting for corona to wreak havoc' to score political points. |
| 2019 | After the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, Hannity opened his show by declaring the world safer with 'one of the most ruthless, evil war criminals on Earth' brought to justice. |
| 2019 | Sean Hannity left the Catholic Church, citing 'too much institutionalized corruption'. |
| August 2019 | Hannity attended a wedding at Trump National Golf Course with Fox News colleague Ainsley Earhardt. |
| June 2019 | Hannity called on Trump to 'bomb the hell out of Iran' after Iran shot down a U.S. drone. |
| June 2019 | Hannity criticized Nancy Pelosi for suggesting Trump could go to prison, despite previously calling for Hillary Clinton to be imprisoned. |
| May 2019 | After Mueller's statement that the investigation did not exonerate Trump, Hannity claimed Mueller was 'basically full of crap' and did not understand the law. |
| 2018 | Forbes estimated Hannity's annual income at $36 million. |
| 2018 | Became one of the most-watched hosts in cable news and most-listened-to hosts in talk radio. |
| November 4 2018 | Trump's website announced Hannity would make a 'special guest appearance' at a campaign rally, which Hannity initially denied but then spoke at Trump's lectern in Missouri. |
| August 2018 | Hannity allowed Trump's lawyers Jay Sekulow and Rudy Giuliani to host his radio show, during which they defended Trump and promoted administration arguments. |
| August 2018 | Hannity publicly supported President Trump's potential government shutdown strategy to fund border wall construction, being characterized as an immigration hardliner by major media outlets. |
| June 2018 | Hannity sarcastically suggested witnesses in Mueller's probe destroy their personal phones, referencing Hillary Clinton's email controversy. |
| April 2018 | Hannity ran a segment claiming 'criminal' connections between the Clintons, Mueller, and Comey, describing them as 'Deep State crime families'. |
| April 16 2018 | In a court hearing, it was revealed that Michael Cohen considered Hannity a client, though Hannity claimed no formal legal representation. |
| April 9 2018 | Federal agents served a search warrant on Michael Cohen's office and residence, which Hannity publicly defended on air, criticizing the federal action. |
| March 2018 | Seth Rich's parents filed a lawsuit against Fox News for pushing conspiracy theories about their son's death, alleging the network 'intentionally exploited' the tragedy for political purposes. |
| March 2018 | Hannity attacked Special Counsel Robert Mueller, claiming his career was 'anything but impeccable' and questioning his ability to conduct an impartial investigation. |
| 2017 | Hannity publicly acknowledged and apologized for his previous anti-gay comments from 1989, describing them as 'ignorant and embarrassing'. |
| 2017 | Hannity continued to advocate for waterboarding, specifically suggesting its use against a kidnapper. Despite his earlier volunteer claim, Media Matters reported that Hannity had not actually been waterboarded. |
| 2017 | Sean Hannity executive produced and appeared in the film 'Let There Be Light', which also starred Kevin Sorbo. |
| November 2017 | Sean Hannity was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. |
| November 2017 | Fox News host Shepard Smith debunked the Uranium One scandal allegations, which infuriated viewers and led to Hannity calling Smith 'clueless'. |
| October 2017 | Hannity was criticized for attacking Democrats in response to Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment allegations, with critics pointing out his earlier defense of Bill O'Reilly. |
| September 2017 | Hannity hosted Bill O'Reilly on his show months after O'Reilly was fired from Fox News due to sexual harassment allegations, drawing criticism from some Fox News employees. |
| August 2017 | Hannity suggested Seth Rich may have been the email leaker, promoting an alternative narrative to the Russian interference investigation. |
| May 2017 | Hannity offered Julian Assange the opportunity to guest host his Fox News TV show. |
| May 2017 | Hannity became a prominent promoter of the conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party were responsible for the death of DNC staffer Seth Rich, resulting in significant advertiser backlash. |
| May 2017 | Hannity paid tribute to Roger Ailes after his death, calling him a 'second father' and making confrontational remarks about Ailes' 'enemies'. |
| May 2017 | Hannity continued to assert that deep state and intelligence operatives were attempting to destroy the Trump presidency. |
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