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
Announced. the deal. it s really unbelievable figure, fox is going to pay dominion voting systems 787 million. 500,000 dollars. dominions lawyers saying quote today representative ringing endorsement for truth and for democracy, fox trying to put a positive face on what can only be interpreted as one of the ugliest and most embarrassing moments in the history of journalism. fox uh, issued a statement saying, quote we are pleased to have reached a settlement of our dispute. dispute with dominion voting systems. we acknowledge the court s rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false. the settlement reflects i m sorry. this is going to be difficult to say with a straight face. this settlement reflects foxes continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. we are hopeful that are just sorry. we are hopeful