A month after Dominion Voting Systems sued San Diego-based One America News for $1.6 billion over false reporting on the 2020 presidential election, OAN’s owners asked for more time to formally respond.
The so-called answer — originally due Sept. 10, 2021 — was delayed several more times.
On Friday, OAN parent Herring Networks Inc. finally filed its answer — 16 months after first sought.
Among its 32 defenses, the far-right network says any trial can’t be held in the District of Columbia “because many citizens of this District have unique animosity toward President Donald J. Trump and individuals and businesses thought to be supportive of President Trump.”
OAN CEO Robert Herring Sr. and his network president son Charles Herring were joined by co-defendants Chanel Rion and former San Diegan Christina Bobb in denying they libeled the election-tech company with rigging accusations.
The 317-page filing responded individually to 331 allegations and 360 footnotes in the original complaint.
Herring lawyers used this reply 93 times: “Defendants deny that OAN knowingly reported anything that was false (or engaged in reckless disregard for the truth).”
The suit says Dominion sent OAN and its agents 10 separate retraction demand letters between Dec. 18, 2020, and Aug. 4, 2021.
“Nevertheless, OAN repeatedly doubled down on its false and defamatory statements by continuing to publish and republish them. … OAN continues to make new false and defamatory statements about OAN on its many...
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