The Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News says he is delaying the start of the trial until Tuesday
Barring a last-minute settlement, opening statements are scheduled for Monday.
If the trial were a sporting event, Fox News would be taking the field on a losing streak, with key players injured and having just alienated the referee.Court papers released over the past two months show Fox executives, producers and personalities privately disbelieved Trump's claims of a fraudulent election.
Davis said it also is clear that Dominion's reputation was damaged, but it will be up a jury to decide whether Fox acted withFox witnesses will likely testify that they thought the allegations against Dominion were newsworthy, but Davis made it clear that's not a defense against defamation — and he will make sure the jury knows that.
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