Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems have reportedly reached a settlement over the network's coverage of former President Donald Trump's claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election.
The settlement came just hours before opening arguments in the defamation trial were slated to begin in a Delaware courtroom.
Details of the deal were not immediately disclosed but Dominion lawyer Justin Nelson said the settlement was reached at around $787.5 million.
In a statement, Fox News Media said the network was “pleased” to reach a settlement and that it acknowledged “the Court's rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false.”
“We are hopeful that our decision to resolve this dispute with Dominion amicably, instead of the acrimony of a divisive trial, allows the country to move forward from these issues,” the statement read.
Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion lawsuit in 2021 following the presidential election. The company argues Fox News‘ airing of claims of voter fraud propagated by former President Donald Trump and his allies defamed the company and caused irreparable damage to its credibility.
Fox had fiercely defended itself on First Amendment grounds and has argued the network was covering the allegations being made by the then-President because they were newsworthy.
“This case is and always has been about the First Amendment protections of the media‘s absolute right to cover the news,” Fox said in a recent statement about the case. “Fox will continue to fiercely advocate for the rights of free speech and a free press as we move into the next phase of these proceedings.”
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Of course they settled. A court case would have finally brought out the evidence that was denied admission in 87 other court rooms where each judge denied the entry of evidence and would then declare he or she had seen no evidence of voter fraud and would dismiss the case.
Murdoch and his sons are in Klaus Schwab’s WEF Billionaire Boys club which needs voter fraud to take over the world and they do not want the means confirmed ic court …so they settled
Glad I watch NewsMax vs FNC
Bad optics FNC to rig news one way
Any right leaning company or person is going to lose their lawsuit in NYC as NYC is as corrupt as Russia. Need to relocate to a red state to protect ur stockholders.