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
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 vindication. and accountability. lies have consequences. now, jake, the dominion attorneys. they came to the podium right after court let out. but the fox attorneys, they went down the street did not take any qu
Million. $500,000 for its lies paid from fox to dominion along with an admission from fox. it yeah. they aired lies. to its viewers in the aftermath of the 2020 election. cnn s danny freeman is outside the courthouse built delaware and danny dominions lawyers are celebrating this. mind bogglingly large settlement, but we still don t know all the full details. that s true, jake and i gotta tell you dominions attorneys. they were all smiles as they left the courtroom and that press conference that he played in the last hour and they said to us, it s a good day for dominion. this incredibly large settlement of $787 million is just less than half of the 1.6 billion that they were hoping for in damages, but again still a sizable amount of money and i want to say, jake while we still don t know. all the details, perhaps of the settlement. i want to paint a picture of the