In the last second, an agreement was reached in the Dominion voting system. Historical claim for slander Against Fox News, the parties were announced on Tuesday in court.
Settlement, obviously, was concluded through mediation, when the court was on the verge of entrance statements in Wilmington, Delaware.
After making the jury to the oath earlier on Tuesday, inexplicable many hours of delay suspended the trial, which once again caused violent rumors that the transaction was quietly under development.
What does it mean: The transaction concluded in the last minute means that the case that is carefully monitored is actually completed and will not be transferred to court. Having agreed with Dominion, the influential leaders of Fox News and prominent ether figures will Stewed from testimony On their coverage of the election of 2020, which was filled with a lie about falsifications in the elections.
Details of settlement were not available immediately and, perhaps, will never become public.
Read more on the case: In its lawsuit, Dominion demanded from Fox News compensation for damage in the amount of $ 1.6 billion. The right network loudly claimed during the pre -trial proceedings that this number was overstated and Not approached To accurately reflect the potential losses that Dominion could bear as a result of Fox broadcasts in 2020.
Fox News and Fox Corporation – her maternal company, which was also the defendant, stated that they never slandered Dominion, and say that this case is a baseless encroachment on the freedom of the press. They refuted Dominion that they promoted these election conspiracies in order to save their falling ratings after the 2020 elections.
Although the Dominion case has already been completed, Fox News is still a second thing. Large claim for slander From SmartMatic, another company engaged in voting technologies, which was exposed to the Fox show after the 2020 elections. This case is still in the process of disclosure, and the court is not expected in the near future.
