“Fox knew the truth,” Dominion argued in court papers. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, who founded the network, testified that he believed the 2020 election was fair and had not been stolen from Trump. The company sued both Fox News and its parent, Fox Corp., and said its business had been significantly damaged.ĭuring a deposition, Fox Corp. In a statement issued shortly after the announcement, Fox News said the network acknowledged “the court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false.” It did not respond to an inquiry asking for elaboration.ĭominion accused Fox of defaming it by repeatedly airing, in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election, false allegations by Trump allies that its machines and the software they used had flipped votes to Biden - even as many at the network doubted the claims and disparaged those who were making them. The resolution announced in Delaware Superior Court follows a recent summary judgment ruling by Judge Eric Davis in which he allowed the case to go to trial while emphasizing it was “CRYSTAL clear” that none of the allegations about Dominion aired on Fox by Trump allies were true. Fox said the amount greatly overstated the value of the Colorado-based company. Lies have consequences,” said Dominion lawyer Justin Nelson in a news conference outside the courthouse after the announcement.ĭominion had asked for $1.6 billion in arguing that Fox had damaged its reputation by helping peddle phony conspiracy theories about its equipment switching votes from former President Donald Trump to Democrat Joe Biden.
An attorney for Dominion said the settlement was for $787.5 million.
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