The head of voting systems company Dominion said Fox News knew allegations against the company being made by former president Trump and his associates following the 2020 election were untrue but decided to air them anyway.
“We told them. We told them in real time. Others told them. Government officials told them. Partisan government officials told ’em. People inside the Trump administration told them. Um, local election officials on both sides of the aisle told ’em. This is not a matter of not knowing the truth. They knew the truth,” said Dominion CEO John Poulos during an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes that aired Sunday evening.
Dominion is suing Fox and its parent company for $1.6 billion in a defamation case stemming from false statements Trump and his top allies made against the voting systems company on the networks’ airwaves in the days that followed the 2020 election.
A number of top Fox News hosts and staffers have reportedly been deposed by Dominion’s lawyers in recent months as the company looks to build its case against the cable news giant in what is widely seen as one of the most consequential defamation cases against a major media company in decades.
The New York Times reported this week Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott is soon expected to be deposed in the case.
Fox has moved to dismiss Dominion’s case on First Amendment grounds, arguing the allegations made by Trump and his allies were newsworthy and noting it issued on-air fact checks to the false claims...
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