think for fox, especially given the hand they had been dealt, i mean, it was very clear that they were dishonest about what happened in the wake of the 2020 election. the judge already ruled that they had broadcast false material so it would have been up to the jury basically to decide whether they had broadcast that false material with actual malice or reckless disregard for the truth, and i got to say, and i talked to a lot of first amendment lawyers, dominion had really assembled evidence from messages and emails that showed that you know, potentially they did. crossed that line into knowingly broadcasting false material, which would have been actual malice and which would have probably resulted or potential resulted in dominion winning this case, jake oliver darcy outside the courthouse in wellington, delaware, for us, thank you so much, so just to bring you this news, delaware superior court judge eric davis has praised both lawyers for fox and lawyers for dominion after they abru
dominion suing fox for defamation, the case was settled at the last second, the judge saying, quote i have been on the bench in 2010. i think this is the best lawyering i ve ever had . judge davis went on to say, quote i would be proud to be your judge in the future. the hearing in the case are now over. let s bring in cnn legal analysts laura coates and elie honig laura a settlement just as the trial was set to begin, and we should remind viewers that dominion even though it was taking this stance against the lies of fox, and it was taking its this stance demanding accountability from fox. dominion is owned by a new york private equity, private equity firm, and so if they were given an opportunity to have a big check sent to them, they were probably going to take it. the idea here. what you re seeing is the power of pretrial motions, right? the emotions that you will hear that the judge will resolve before a jury ever hears