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Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp and co-chairman of 21st Century Fox, arrives at the Sun Valley Resort of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 10, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho.

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Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch is scheduled to appear for a deposition next week as part of Dominion Voting’s defamation lawsuit against the company and its cable TV networks.

Murdoch will appear via video call on Dec. 13 and 14, according to a court filing. His deposition will follow that of his son, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch, on Monday this week.

In its $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox, Dominion has argued that Fox News and Fox Business made false claims that its voting machines were rigged in the 2020 presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

Representatives for Fox and Dominion did not comment beyond the court filing. Fox has vigorously denied the claims.

The Murdochs are the highest-ranking executives to be questioned. Earlier this year Fox’s TV personalities, including Maria Bartiromo, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Jeanine Pirro, appeared for depositions.

The depositions and documents that Dominion has been collecting through the discovery process remain private. Fox has requested that the court keep all collected materials private, claiming Dominion mischaracterized what they show as actual malice.

Dominion must prove to a jury that Fox and its TV hosts acted with actual malice meaning they knew they...

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