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Next week, Maria Bartiromo will join the parade of Fox personalities who are being called to answer questions in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against the network.
Bartiromo, the anchor of Fox Business programs “Mornings with Maria” and “Sunday Morning Futures,” is slated to appear for a deposition on Sept. 8, according to court filings.
In recent days, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Jeanine Pirro were among the network hosts scheduled to appear for questioning in Dominion’s lawsuit, which is seeking $1.6 billion in damages from the cable news network. Dominion has argued that Fox Corp.’s Fox News and Fox Business made false claims that its voting machines rigged the results of the 2020 election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Top brass Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch are also expected to be deposed since the parent company has been sued, too.
The case is being closely watched by First Amendment experts and advocates in part because of Dominion’s lengthy list of examples that Fox network hosts repeatedly made false claims, even after the facts came to light. Libel lawsuits are often centered around one falsehood, and media companies are broadly protected by the First Amendment.
Such cases are usually settled out of court or dismissed quickly by a court judge,...
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