court proceedings. this settlement really comes right before the clock struck struck midnight jake opening statements were set to begin at 1 30. they did not as scheduled, and there was an unexplained delay. lawyers were seen going in and out of court, and now we re getting word from the judge that this $1.6 billion the case has been settled by both dominion voting systems and fox news. this of course averts a trial that would have been an agonizing process for fox news. you would have seen top stars like sean hannity. tucker carlson have to testify along with rupert murdoch, the aging fox chairman is 92 years old. he would have had to come down to wilmington s take the stand. and so none of that s going to happen because there has been a settlement reached. the judge just dismissed the jury, and this case is coming to a really stunning conclusion after two years of making its way through the court to the brink of trial. and oliver were their settlement talks in the days leading up to
contest. this was really going to hold the network potentially accountable for that, so we re not going to see this public trial where people like murdoch would have had to answer to this jury. why they allow these deranged conspiracy theories to take hold on the networks air despite as we know as a result of this trial as a result of the discovery that they knew these lies were not true, they were unhinged from reality. we re not going to see that process takes place in court, jake. i know there are a lot of people that wanted this process to take place in court because outside the you know the media defamation case. this was also a really, to some extent, a trial built about made about democracy and democracy at large and elections. so you know this is going to avert all of that. it s going to save fox. i think a lot more added embarrassment. but again, jake this case has been settled outside of court. it will be interesting to see what those details are, oliver, we see what you mean
there were obviously they did settle, so there must have been settlement talks. we know that rupert murdoch s wall street journal reported on sunday evening. there was a late push by fox to settle this case, and that was matched by a few other outlets, but the jury selection did resume earlier today, and they did get sworn in by the judge. and so it looked. you know, like this trial was going to happen, and people were, you know, going into court earlier at 1 30 for opening statements. there was that unexpected delay. we did see our cnn s marshal cohen in court. he saw a fox lawyer, take out a piece of paper and show it to dominion lawyer. then they went outside the courtroom. it was unclear what was discussed. but it seems right now, given the news that they were talking about a settlement, and that has been reached, really averting a really excruciating process for fox news that was set to take place here in wilmington, delaware. over the next six weeks. jake and oliver, i can t help