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.
of any liability. the judge said he would not allow that defence. michelle fleury has been to the delaware court where the proceedings were meant to take place today. many of us showed up at the delaware courthouse for the high stakes defamation trial against fox news that was due to start on monday, but was abruptly pushed back on sunday evening with no explanation. speaking in court earlier, judge eric davis said that this wasn t unusual and that things happen, especially when you re talking about a six week trial. that hasn t stopped speculation of a potential out of court settlement, with one of the newspapers owned by rupert murdoch, the wall streetjournal, reporting on sunday night that fox was pushing for a deal to avoid trial. now, during the four minute hearing, there was no mention of settlement talks, and lawyers for both parties did not comment. at its heart, this case is about whether or not fox news defamed dominion by spreading false claims that the voting technology
week that the billionaire chair fox news is on the stand answering questions under the minions lawyers. mr murdock was more used to asking questions and answering them, you have to defend the networks decision to allow its hosts and guests to make false claims by the election in 2020 which he knew to be untrue. tucker carlson and sean hannity, two of the two network stars could also be on the stands in a matter of days answering questions. but if settlement talks are getting serious, one possible stumbling block to connect plot, they have hundreds of millions of dollars apart from the minions worth in the dollar amount on damages. and it s not the first time the two have considered settling, they met with the mediator back in december but no deal was reached. so, while they may be a renewed sense of urgency to reach an agreement, the clock is ticking down to the clock is ticking down to the start of the trial here in delaware. with the efforts last month to make health care a
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ago. given there s a parallel criminal investigation by the manhattan district attorney and all these other criminal inquiries swirling around trump, he just decided he could not subject himself to questioning under oath, jose. sue, i imagine investigators in new york factored in that trump could plead the fifth. where does the investigation go from here? well, i think there s three stages we ll be watching with the civil investigation. one is the attorney general, first of all, has to decide, will she charge? and then from there, two things are going to happen, either there will be settlement talks can happen before or after, and then potentially it could go to a trial. those are sort of the three things that are going to happen. and there s just no question whether his decision. i think yesterday to take the fifth. he just doesn t want to ignite that criminal probe that is going on in new york, that was looking at him and seems to be on the back burner. that s specifically agains