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Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. v. Fox News Network, LLC (2021–2023)
Documented · 03/26/2021 – 04/18/2023
Defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News Network and Fox Corporation over on-air and social-media statements in November-December 2020 asserting that Dominion's voting machines were used to alter the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. The Delaware Superior Court granted Dominion partial summary judgment on falsity on March 31, 2023; the case settled for $787.5 million on April 18, 2023, before trial on actual malice and damages.
Relationships
Confirmed
Associated with incident
— Suzanne Scott
(Executive whose internal communications are documented in the litigation record)
- Fox News CEO privately lamented network's election fact-check as 'bad for business' — CNN (03/29/2023) [Primary]
Confirmed
Associated with incident
— Rupert Murdoch
(Deponent whose testimony is documented in the litigation record)
- Rupert Murdoch acknowledges some Fox News hosts endorsed false 2020 election fraud claims — CNBC (02/27/2023) [Primary]
Confirmed
Associated with incident
— Lachlan Murdoch
(Executive named in litigation pleadings)
- What we've learned from the unsealed Fox News-Dominion court documents — CNBC (03/07/2023) [Primary]
Confirmed
Associated with incident
— Maria Bartiromo
(Host whose broadcasts are addressed in the litigation record)
- Opinion Granting in Part and Denying in Part Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment, Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. v. Fox News Network, LLC — Delaware Superior Court (03/31/2023) [Primary]
Confirmed
Associated with incident
— Jeanine Pirro
(Host whose broadcasts are addressed in the litigation record)
- Opinion Granting in Part and Denying in Part Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment, Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. v. Fox News Network, LLC — Delaware Superior Court (03/31/2023) [Primary]
Confirmed
Associated with incident
— Sean Hannity
(Host whose broadcast is addressed in the litigation record)
- How Sean Hannity talked about Dominion Voting Systems on air — Media Matters for America (12/01/2020) [Primary]
Confirmed
Associated with incident
— Tucker Carlson
(Named in litigation discovery; documented private communications challenged the claims at issue)
- 'Sidney Powell Is Lying': New Fox News-Dominion Documents Show Tucker Carlson, Murdoch And More Disputing 2020 Election Fraud — Forbes (03/08/2023) [Primary]
Confirmed
Associated with incident
— Lou Dobbs
(Host whose broadcasts are addressed in the litigation record)
- Opinion Granting in Part and Denying in Part Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment, Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. v. Fox News Network, LLC — Delaware Superior Court (03/31/2023) [Primary]