systems. lawyers for the voting machine and softwaremaker telling a delaware judge today the fix was in, arguing that fox producers and hosts knew the claims that dominion rigged the 2020 election were false. even when they continually booked guests like sidney powell, who perpetuated the falsehoods. the dominion voting systems, the smartmatic technology software and the software that goes in other computerized voting systems here as well, not just dominion, were created in venezuela at the direction of hugo chavez to make sure he never lost an election after one constitutional referendum came out the way he did not want it to come out. reporter: fox news maintains it is proud of its 2020 election coverage and that it is fully protected by the first amendment, arguing it can t be held liable for airing newsworthy allegations from public figures. and there are other aspects of this fraud that, at this point, i really can t reveal.
natural question will be what other source could it have come from? reporter: two days after the package was delivered to the craigs home angela went to the hospital complaining of disney sasha and eye problems. that day they recovered screen shots of text messages between the couple showing angela messaging james craig, i feel drugged. his response given our history, i know that must be triggering. just for the record, i didn t drug you. i am super worried, though, you really looked pale before i left. symptoms of arsenic toxicity are jem g.i. related, problems with your heart leading to a dysrhythmia and the heart s inability to pump out blood. reporter: investigators says james craig had potassium cyanide delivered to his office before her death and one worker mentioning it to a nurse who notified police. neighbors stunned by the alleged murder and arrest.
just makes me sick. doesn t seem like something that he could ever do to her. reporter: now, as far as the motive authorities say in looking through the digital forensic evidence of craig, they discovered that he was allegedly involved in a romantic relationship. now, we are not naming that other person. there is no indication she knew anything about this alleged murder. but authorities say they believe that based on the totality of circumstances he wanted to kill his own wife in order to start a new wife with this other individual. we ve reached out to his attorney for comment and have not heard back. he is expected to be formally charged later this week. unbelievable story. an unbelievable story. all right, thank you so much, josh campbell. you bet. next an outfront update. the american citizen sentenced to 16 years in prison for writing a critical tweet about the saudi government while in the united states has been released but why won t the saudis let him return to am
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next hour in illinois, a ruling is expected on one of three lawsuits challenging that recently passed ban on assault weapons. the democratic governor signed the law last week and it enforces a statewide ban on the sale of certain firearms, high capacity magazines and automatic switches that can alter a handgun. whitney wilde joins us from chicago. tell us about these lawsuits. what s in them? reporter: so there are three lawsuits as you mentioned. one is a federal lawsuit. two are filed in state court and they re making sloightly different arguments. one is saying this violates a list of rights specifically, you know, when it comes to the second amendment, it violates specific rights of the