jack smith has made a move. and mike pence going public on this legal strategy i ve been telling you about. how the man who has claimed repeatedly that he was the hero of january 6th now wants to resist telling the truth about january 6th. which, at a minimum, is odd if not downright legally suspicious. we have, i would say, a lot. yet, our top story isn t even one of those potentially important developments. our top story is a setback for the most powerful conservative megaphone in america. literally, measurably. it s also drinking drawing new legal heat on alleged trump allies who have been a part of the attacks on our democracy for years. new developments tonight. there is a wave of lawsuits. some of them quite effective against alleged defamation and specifically the powerful fox news empire. i m talking about multibillion- dollar lawsuits about the conspiracy theories that many of you, as a direct line to feeding the insurrection. the people suing fox are basically winni
specifically the powerful fox news empire. i m talking about multibillion- dollar lawsuits about the conspiracy theories that many of you, as a direct line to feeding the insurrection. the people suing fox are basically winning the first round of this battle. this is moving forward. specifically, the news tonight, a unanimous ruling by judges against fox and one of these cases. a multibillion-dollar defamation case. that green lights the next phase and the suit is brought by a voting company, smart maddock. that s important. when you hear about standing and who is hurt, you might feel that as a citizen of our democracy you are hurt by trump s lies. but the courts don t view it that way. you have to have a more direct provable hurt or voting pain. these companies say they have that. they also allege that fox falsely them in ways that could upend their business by pushing knowingly conspiracy theories i trump s lawyers.