Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News for $1.6 billion for defamation, while Fox has asked the judge to dismiss the lawsuit.
After a hearing Tuesday, if Judge Eric M. Davis dismisses both requests for summary judgment — one by Dominion Voting systems in its $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News and the other by Fox to throw out the suit — the case will head to trial in April.sued both Fox News and its parent company Fox Corporation for defamation in 2021.
Fox News is defending its coverage by claiming that the network was merely covering the statements made by the then-sitting president and his legal team which in and of itself were newsworthy. Lawyers for Fox go on to argue in their filing that if Dominion's goal is to prosecute the network for repeating the Trump camp's claims, then they should be bringing this action against every news agency that reported on the former president's allegations as well.
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