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
soon be over but maybe not entirely. the judge says they haven t met the burden of showing why parts of the affidavit should not be disclosed. one republican congressman says he is not holding his breathe. it will be the most redacted thing in american history. we won t get answers until the republicans take the house back. we have the ability to ask the justice department the tough questions. good morning to you both. we re closely looking at the docket now in the southern district of florida. we know this affidavit is imminent and could happen at any time. noon is the deadline unless there is a last-minute appeal. we know we ll see the affidavit at some point over the next few hours. don t expect it to be the affidavit we want to see that has detail why the feds went into the home of the u.s. president. this affidavit would have that detail in theory but the version we ll see includes department of justice redactions. the judge wrote yesterday in his order i find the go
Dominion suing fox for defamation, the case was settled at the last second, the judge saying, quote i have been on the bench in 2010. i think this is the best lawyering i ve ever had . judge davis went on to say, quote i would be proud to be your judge in the future. the hearing in the case are now over. let s bring in cnn legal analysts laura coates and elie honig laura a settlement just as the trial was set to begin, and we should remind viewers that dominion even though it was taking this stance against the lies of fox, and it was taking its this stance demanding accountability from fox. dominion is owned by a new york private equity, private equity firm, and so if they were given an opportunity to have a big check sent to them, they were probably going to take it. the idea here. what you re seeing is the power of pretrial motions, right? the emotions that you will hear that the judge will resolve before a jury ever hears
The website saying americans can expect to see between $10,000 and $20,000 of student loan relief depending on income and the type of loan you took out. loan advisors say nobody should expect to see relief by next week. this is a huge endeavor. people shouldn t expect the forgiveness happen tomorrow. it will be months before we see everybody who is eligible get it. i ve been trying to counsel patients. while this announcement was made a few days ago we hear reports of scammers targeting people that may think they can get relief faster and get a check sent to them. the application for this debt relief is not even available yet. be careful if anybody is offering to help you cut the line. trace: mark meredith live in d.c. thank you. dana: parents are fighting back refusing to enroll kids in schools that go woke. where they are sending them
Some of mr. cohen s statements. for example, mr. cohen has provided a copy of a check sent while president trump was in office with donald trump s signature on it to reimburse mr. cohen for the hush money payment to stormy daniels. this new evidence raises a host of troubling legal and ethical concerns about the president s actions in the white house and before. would you all close that door, please? thank you. this check is dated august 1st, 2017. six months later, in april of