could have gone all the way to verdict and under defamation law. you don t get an apology. you get money. and so what we achieved here with the statement that fox made with the certainty of money and again from our damages. we had a base case damages model, and then we had a growth damages model, and the settlement today was above our base case damages models, so we see. today s settlement is complete vindication and really a message that as your opening, said, lies do have consequences , and it s about having coming back. to the shared facts, because ultimately we can agree or disagree on issues even to the most profound importance. but we have to have shared facts in this society to have a functioning democracy, and i think today s settlement was a real step in that direction. and so what i hear from you is that there is this acknowledgement in the statement, plus the money
what our goals were. our goals were accountability number one and trying to have some semblance of a hole for dominion as a company to have the some remuneration for the reputational hit that it has suffered and continues to suffer as a result of these lies and those have been our goals all along. and today s settlement achieved that and we could have gone all the way through trial and obtained some unknown judgment. but what we achieved today was certainty. what we achieved today was again nearly $800 billion. excuse me. $800 million in the settlement number and we achieved the admission of from fox that it was the acknowledgement that the court, in fact was correct in calling these lies. so for us, it was about the fact that ultimately go ahead. sleep, please. i mean , let s talk about this because
lead up to this moment, remember, a jury had been sworn in it was seated opening statements were ready to kick off at 1 30. but then there was that mysterious 2.5 hour delay and then the judge finally came out and said the parties have resolved their issues. in fact, the judge said that had the jury not been sworn in. the party s probably would not have resolved their issues. but that was a key factor. want you to take a listen to what one of the dominion attorneys had to say to us just moments ago here at the courthouse? the truth matters lies have consequences. over two years ago. a torrent of lies. sal s across america. into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories. causing grievous harm to dominion. in the country. today s settlement. 787,000,500. represents
n d a because she had that whole settlement because roger ailes had sexually harassed her. so she can t talk about her work at fox. but she basically said she s not doing interviews about this case because she would be asked. did fox ever asked you to say any in her word was crazy ship lies on air. but you signed no such nd a. were you surprised about what the what fox did. i haven t been surprised by any of this. nor am i surprised by the settlement. i predicted there would be a settlement all along because fox doesn t want to air its dirty laundry in a court case and forgive me, i don t share quite eli s, um, i guess being impressed at the outcome. this is half of what dominion asked for. let s remember. and yes, obviously, it s a big windfall for dominion. it s chump change for fox. they make more than a billion dollars a year. their news division. and so this is think this is a