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

Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier believes that physical abuse allegations swirling around Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff deserve further investigation.

And, if Baier had the time last week, he may even asked Vice President Kamala Harris about the claims himself in his blockbuster primetime interview with her.

The sit-down down attracted nearly 8 million viewers on Fox News Channel, a polarized response from the media and outright mockery from Saturday Night Live.

The interview was labeled ‘combative’ by critics and refreshing by others, as Baier attempted to pin Harris down on issues central to the campaign — illegal immigration, the state of the economy and her support for controversial taxpayer-funded gender-transition surgeries, among other issues.

Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Baier now says that, going into the interview, he knew Harris would try to evade his pointed questions: ‘I watched her previous interviews… I tried to do it in a way that took her off her talking points.’

It was the same ‘style’ of interview that Baier said he used against President Donald Trump in their last one-on-one in 2023.

But it was the question that Baier didn’t ask that caught the attention of Mail columnist Maureen Callahan.

‘What about Doug?’ Callahan demanded in an article published last week.

Earlier this month, the Mail reported that in May 2012 Emhoff allegedly hit his then-girlfriend in the face so hard that she spun around – while they waited in a valet line outside a Cannes Film Festival party.

An Emhoff spokesperson has denied the claim, saying ‘any suggestion that he would or ever hit a woman is false.’

The abuse allegation followed the Mail’s previous reporting that Emhoff had cheated on his first wife with this family’s nanny, Najen Naylor, allegedly impregnating her.

Emhoff has since admitted to the extra-marital affair that led to his divorce before he married Harris in 2014. He has not commented on whether or not he and Naylor conceived.

Baier now says he considered asking Harris about this reporting.

‘It was in the list of questions – and I’ve followed the Daily Mail’s reporting on it,’ he said. ‘It was in the list. It was down past some of the other hot issues.’

The other concerns that Baier had hoped to question Harris on included her proposal to impose new taxes on wealthy Americans, her policies toward China, and how she’d unite a fiercely divided country in the event that she won the election.

These and other issues rank high among voter concerns.

‘I think immigration was the thing that I led with because it does come up again and again when we ask people: What’s most important [to your vote in 2024],’ he explained.

That said, the Fox News anchor thinks that some in the mainstream media may have partisan motivations for overlooking the Emhoff allegations.

‘I think it’s a fair story to ask those questions, especially with solid backup, and obviously ask for a response,’ he said.

Baier concluded that it’s ‘pretty clear’ that the spouse of a Republican political figure ‘probably wouldn’t’ receive the same treatment as Emhoff has received from a sympathetic mainstream media.

But that all may change if Emhoff’s alleged victim were to come forward and publicly speak out about her allegations, he said: ‘I think if that story evolves to someone speaking out, not anonymously, maybe that changes the dynamic.’

Going forward, Baier is seeking another opportunity to interview the vice president – and he’s not ruling out asking the question: What about Doug?

‘I’m not going to commit to anything… You’d have to see how the interview goes,’ Baier said, noting that Harris’ team hasn’t committed to a follow-up interview either.