Fox News' Bret Baier reveals the controversial questions he DIDN'T get to ask Kamala Harris during their combative primetime interview

Fox News main governmental anchor Bret Baier believes that beingness maltreatment allegations swirling astir Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff merit further investigation.

And, if Baier had nan clip past week, he whitethorn moreover asked Vice President Kamala Harris astir nan claims himself successful his blockbuster primetime question and reply pinch her.

The sit-down down attracted astir 8 cardinal viewers connected Fox News Channel, a polarized consequence from nan media and outright insult from Saturday Night Live.

The question and reply was branded 'combative' by critics and refreshing by others, arsenic Baier attempted to pin Harris down connected issues cardinal to nan campaign — forbidden immigration, nan authorities of nan system and her support for arguable taxpayer-funded gender-transition surgeries, among different issues.

Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Baier now says that, going into nan interview, he knew Harris would effort to evade his pointed questions: 'I watched her erstwhile interviews… I tried to do it successful a measurement that took her disconnected her talking points.'

It was nan aforesaid 'style' of question and reply that Baier said he utilized against President Donald Trump successful their past one-on-one successful 2023.

But it was nan mobility that Baier didn't inquire that caught nan attraction of Mail columnist Maureen Callahan.

'What astir Doug?' Callahan demanded successful an article published past week.

Earlier this month, nan Mail reported that successful May 2012 Emhoff allegedly deed his then-girlfriend successful nan look truthful difficult that she spun astir – while they waited successful a valet statement extracurricular a Cannes Film Festival party.

An Emhoff spokesperson has denied nan claim, saying 'any proposal that he would aliases ever deed a female is false.'

The maltreatment allegation followed nan Mail's erstwhile reporting that Emhoff had cheated connected his first woman pinch this family's nanny, Najen Naylor, allegedly impregnating her.

Emhoff has since admitted to nan extra-marital matter that led to his divorcement earlier he joined Harris successful 2014. He has not commented connected whether aliases not he and Naylor conceived.

Baier now says he considered asking Harris astir this reporting.

'It was successful nan database of questions – and I've followed nan Daily Mail's reporting connected it,' he said. 'It was successful nan list. It was down past immoderate of nan different basking issues.'

The different concerns that Baier had hoped to mobility Harris connected included her connection to enforce caller taxes connected able Americans, her policies toward China, and really she'd merge a fiercely divided state successful nan arena that she won nan election.

These and different issues rank precocious among elector concerns.

'I deliberation migration was nan point that I led pinch because it does travel up again and again erstwhile we inquire people: What's astir important [to your ballot successful 2024],' he explained.

That said, nan Fox News anchor thinks that immoderate successful nan mainstream media whitethorn person partisan motivations for overlooking nan Emhoff allegations.

'I deliberation it's a adjacent communicative to inquire those questions, particularly pinch coagulated backup, and evidently inquire for a response,' he said.

Baier concluded that it's 'pretty clear' that nan spouse of a Republican governmental fig 'probably wouldn't' person nan aforesaid curen arsenic Emhoff has received from a sympathetic mainstream media.

But that each whitethorn alteration if Emhoff's alleged unfortunate were to travel guardant and publically speak retired astir her allegations, he said: 'I deliberation if that communicative evolves to personification speaking out, not anonymously, possibly that changes nan dynamic.'

Going forward, Baier is seeking different opportunity to question and reply nan vice president – and he's not ruling retired asking nan question: What astir Doug?

'I'm not going to perpetrate to anything… You'd person to spot really nan question and reply goes,' Baier said, noting that Harris' squad hasn't committed to a follow-up question and reply either.