Fox News Abruptly Settles Dominion Suit Moments Before Trial Was Set to Begin

Fox NewsInternationalIndiaAfricaBeing updatedA last-minute settlement was reached on Tuesday in the Fox News v. Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit, the judge overseeing the case has confirmed.Superior Court Judge Eric Davis told the jurors after a two-hour delay to the proceedings that there would be no trial as both parties were able to come to a settlement agreement.”Your presence here… was extremely important,” reporters present at the proceedings quoted the the judge as saying. “And without you, the parties would not have been able to resolve their situation.”The judge then dismissed the jury. News of the settlement came after the jury was sworn in and opening arguments were moments from beginning, which resulted in a two-hour delay.Fox News released a statement confirming the settlement. “We are pleased to have reached a settlement of our dispute with Dominion Voting Systems. We acknowledge the Court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false. This settlement reflects FOX’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. 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.”Dominion has revealed that the settlement was worth $787.5 million. Dominion was asking the court for $1.6 billion in damages and other compensation.Dominion had accused Fox News of purposefully spreading conspiracy theories about the company that it knew to be false, primarily focusing around accusations that the company rigged the 2020 presidential election in favor of Joe Biden.Prior to the settlement, Fox defended its coverage of the 2020 election and said that the suit was a “political crusade in search of a financial windfall.”But documents from the case revealed that several Fox News hosts and personalities privately spoke about how they knew the conspiracy theories were false, even as they continued to bring guests on who promoted them unchallenged.The private conversations that were revealed through discovery also showed popular hosts on the network becoming angry with other Fox employees when they publicly doubted the claims.MORE DETAILS TO COME.

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