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Sean Hannity denies pointing gun at Juan Williams on Fox set

Posted March 17, 2017 7:00 am

The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - Sean Hannity says he "never pointed" a gun at Fox News colleague Juan Williams, despite a CNN report to the contrary.

CNN reported Thursday that Hannity pointed a gun directly at Williams and turned on the laser sight off-air following a heated segment last year.

But Hannity told the New York Daily News that he had been discussing guns and "showed my good friend Juan Williams my unloaded firearm in a professional and safe manner for educational purposes only."

Williams said on Twitter that he and Hannity are "great friends" and the "incident is being sensationalized." He says "everything was under total control throughout and I never felt like I was put in harm's way."

Fox News tells the Daily News "no one was put in any danger."

FILE - In this Oct. 21, 2010, file photo, Juan Williams appears on the "Fox & Friends" television program in New York,. Williams said on March 16, 2017, that a reported incident last year involving himself, Sean Hannity and a gun "is being sensationalized." (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) The Associated Press

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