Chris Ruddy and Newsmax went all-in on Trump. Now they might pay a price for it.
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One night last month at Mar-a-Lago, Chris Ruddy positioned himself in a familiar spot: right next to Donald Trump.
The occasion came just days before a Republican National Committee fundraiser, one of many such events popping up at Trump’s Florida properties in his post-presidential life — a time when it has become easier for Ruddy to secure such proximity. During Trump’s four years in the White House, aides had grown suspicious of the conservative media entrepreneur’s presence and his tendency to bring friends, clients and allies to the private Palm Beach club to make an introduction.
Newsmax’s visibility rose during the Trump era in no small part because Ruddy’s did.
Yet Ruddy’s attempts to attach himself to Trump, and ingratiate himself with Trump’s base, have landed him in legal jeopardy. Far more so than Fox, Newsmax promoted Trump’s lie of a stolen election, and carried on with that message through and beyond Jan. 6, when a violent mob stormed the Capitol.
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