Settlement reached in Dominion defamation lawsuit against Fox News

Fox News will pay more than $787 million to Dominion Voting Systems after the sides hammered out a last-minute settlement Tuesday in the explosive defamation case launched against the right-wing network.

April 18, 2023 at 11:02 AM· 135 words· updated April 18, 2023 at 09:30 PM

Exterior view of News Corp. Building and Fox News Headquarters, New York, NY, February 28, 2023. Revelations tied to the $1.6 billion lawsuit by Dominion Voting System, Fox Corp. chair Rupert Murdoch said Fox News hosts spread falsehoods regarding 2020 presidential elections being stolen from Donald Trump.

Fox acknowledged the court’s rulings finding “certain claims about Dominion to be false.” However, the network will not have to admit on air that it spread election lies, a Dominion rep said.

By settling, influential Fox executives and prominent on-air personalities will be spared from testifying about their 2020 election coverage, which was filled with lies about voter fraud.

Dominion also has pending lawsuits against right-wing networks Newsmax and OAN, as well as against Trump allies Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Mike Lindell.

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