all eyes have been on the delaware courtroom where fox news trial was slated to begin today, this very monday. the jury had been chosen the judge had set today for this actual trial to begin. but if you can see where i m going with this, the trial did not begin today. in a last-minute development that has been noticed everywhere from washington, d.c., where so many politicians have a symbiotic relation with fox to fox headquarters in midtown manhattan, they re noticing the big news i have for you right now in the biggest case about the lies that led us into the insurrection the judge has delayed this for at least a day and that may sound like a small scheduling matter until you hear why. this day, this pause right now tonight that we re living through is one last legal chance for fox to fold, to settle what could be a very costly case, to try to quietly lose rather than potentially loudly lose before the trial actually begins. and when a trial like this begins, as you may kno
private group is an agent for the people, all of us, we the people who want an accounting for what happened by this misleading, lying interpretation of the election. now moving on to that, in terms of the law, we have a judge who has said there is not a thing about the election that they said critically that is true and that s a decision on the summary judgment moments so they re paralyzed to say otherwise as to the truth or lies of what they said number one number two, the dodge they ve used in other cases, that is fox, to say that well, what we say, it was newsworthy, so we reported it. the judge, forget that they re not going to say that at the trial. so what they re left is to prove there was or wasn t malice fox wants to prove there wasn t malice the standard and times against
these are private negotiations at this point. but it would be some portion of a huge penalty that the plaintiffs have been seeking that runs over a billion it would also mark rupert murdoch folding to avoid a trial that he might fear would prove embarrassing or even more costly than a giant settlement. all of this as the company is facing what we ve been reporting on and what has already heard outside of the bubble of perhaps its own viewership, the rest of the world news, legal, political has seen the mountain of evidence pile up, the reality is that at least some people i ll say this as fairly as i cax knowingly platformed and endorsed conspiracy theories a lies, were on notice in advance that the material they were putting out ale integrity of the election, lying to viewers about the idea that trump didn t lose, lying about the voting machines, some of the folks did that knowingly
the trial actually begins. and when a trial like this begins, as you may know if you followed it, people who normally aren t held to account many this type of forum, rupert murdoch, tucker carlson and others will be required to take the stand potentially. now if this sounds like an interpretation of a delay, just take a look at exactly where this settlement news is being reported, these settlement talks, where it s being confirmed. i ll show you. it s a newspaper owned by rupert murdoch. that s part of the same fox news company. and you can see the headline fox defamation trial delayed as the fox network pushes to settle looking for a possible way to settle the case. that s how murdoch s own paper in its own corporate structure is reporting this out today amidst the big news that the trial that was supposed to begin has been momentarily delayed if there is a settlement, that would imply that fox would end up paying out a very large amount knows the exact amount.
the settlement, right? is it like the seth rich case where fox made really outrageous and incendiary comments about the murder of seth rich, settled, and kept making a different version of those incendiary comments about seth rich the question is does the settlement make it impossible for fox and also for the smaller competitors like newsmax or oann to continue to peddle this election lie the election lie is the core of the attempt to subvert democracy in the united states and if this trial really shuts that down as a viable avenue of just information, then it s really done a huge service to all of us if it doesn t, whether there is a settlement or a trial, it s been a little bit of show business, but doesn t really affect the future as much as i would like. it s such an important point you are making it s the point of the exercise i want to double down on it with you, and then go to john on the law.