cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. we have some breaking news for you. i m jake tapper. moments ago, we learned there is a settlement a settlement in the high stakes trial between dominion voting systems and fox dominion was suing fox for $1.6 billion, saying that the network showed complete and utter disregard for truth and facts and accuracy. when they allowed guests and hosts to push false conspiracy theories that the 2020 election had been stolen from donald trump. cnn s oliver darcy is outside the courthouse in delaware. oliver. what do we know about the settlement? we know right now. the judge just announced actually moments ago, jake that this case has been settled out of court. we don t know any details about what happened. but there was this unexplained two hour delay in 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 unexp
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