Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corporation, are currently the subject of a $1.6bn defamation lawsuit, alleging they deliberately pushed false claims about the Colorado-based company Dominion Voting Systems and its role in the 2020 presidential election.
Opening statements in the case are scheduled to start on Monday in the US state of Delaware. Dominion is seeking damages for harm caused to its reputation and business, after Fox aired false allegations that the voting machine company was involved in widespread election fraud.
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What is the case about, what do we know so far, and what can we expect with the trial set to kick off next week?
Fox News aired false claims that, during the 2020 election, Dominion voting machines were rigged as part of an effort to steal the election from former President Donald Trump.
No widespread fraud occurred during the 2020 election, but Trump and his supporters pushed those claims as justification for efforts to overturn the election results.
In a defamation lawsuit filed in March 2021, Dominion alleged that Fox had known those claims to be false but continued to emphasise them in their coverage because it was profitable to do so.
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