Fox Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch is expected to be questioned under oath on Thursday and Friday in a defamation lawsuit over his network’s coverage of unfounded vote-rigging claims during the 2020 United States presidential election.
Election technology company Dominion Voting Systems says Fox News network amplified false claims that its machines were used to rig the election against Republican Donald Trump and in favour of his Democratic rival Joe Biden, who won the election. Dominion is seeking $1.6bn in damages.
Murdoch, 91, is the most high-profile figure to face questioning in the case.
Fox has argued that it had a right to report on election-fraud allegations made by Trump and his lawyers, and that Dominion’s lawsuit would stifle press freedom. Fox declined to comment on the litigation and referred Reuters to an earlier statement: “There is nothing more newsworthy than covering the president of the United States and his lawyers making allegations of voter fraud.”
A judge rejected the network’s bid to toss the case in December 2021.
“From the highest levels down, Fox knowingly spread lies about Dominion,” the election machine company said in a statement.
Murdoch is expected to be questioned in person in Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday by lawyers for Dominion, according to a filing in Delaware Superior Court. The session will be closed to the public. Murdoch’s deposition had previously been scheduled for December 13 and December 14, 2022.
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