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Dominion wants to put Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch on the witness stand at next month’s expected defamation trial against Fox News, according to court filings.
The voting machine company is asking a judge to order the 92-year-old Fox Corporation chairman and his CEO son to testify after private messages uncovered in the case showed network executives knew some of Fox News’ top hosts were promoting election lies to its audience. Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corporation, are resisting these efforts, which also include an attempt to compel testimony from Fox Corporation chief legal officer Viet Dinh and board member Paul Ryan, the former House speaker.
“Although Dominion seeks to compel Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, Viet Dinh, and Paul Ryan, the Court should decline to compel their appearance at trial due to the hardships on those witnesses, and the undue burden given their limited knowledge of pertinent facts,” the Fox parties wrote in a filing Monday.
Fox News argued that Dominion should instead rely on the “lengthy depositions” that these witnesses already gave.
“Compelling live testimony at trial will add nothing other than media interest. But this is a trial, not a public relations campaign,” lawyers for the right-wing network wrote.
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