and lots of questions to answer, so let s get started is donald trump finally abou to face accountability for his crimes we have the latest on th possible indictment of forme president trump for allege hush money payment to an adult film star. they lied, again and again and again. more details on what was going on inside fox news as they peddle conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. my question is, how much wil those lies cost them and later, tennessee man and drag shows on public property? what one of the votes famous drag performers has to say about it, and how we can pus back against anti-trans hate all of that and more, coming up and the good saturday morning to you, i m kati phang. we begin today s show with a mixed bag when it comes to the economy, with the doubters focusing yesterday more than 300 points in the red, but a better than expected job report, surprising a lot o people 311,000 jobs added much more than the 225,000 economists were expecting. the unemp
Appear in court for an ora argument battle. as dominion has argued, it i the rare case to grant summary judgment of actual malice, but it is also the rare case wer direct evidence of actua malice exists, as it does here some legal experts agree dominion doesn t just have the upper hand, it has the truth o its side if dominion is successful, all that would be left to determin is the amount of damages tha dominion is entitled t receive. that s where the numbers becom astronomical dominion is seeking 1.6 billio dollars in lost profits an reputation will harm but it s also seeking punitive damages, which are not kep under new york law, and coul also be in the billions of dollars. punitive damages are intende to punish the wrongdoer and to deter others from repeatin that egregious conduct a multibillion dollar punitive damages verdict would not only punish fox, but it would send
Dominion alleges that fox ha conceded that what it put ou for its viewers to consume about dominion or life fox has produced no evidence none zero supporting those lies. dominion goes even further and argues that fox could have ultimately reported the truth, but chose not to do so vox also could have attracte those lies, but chose not to d so in a statement, fox news lawye says that thanks to today filings, dominion has been caught red-handed using more distortions and misinformation in their pr campaign to smea fox news and trample on free speech and freedom of th press. no, they don t say that arms with thousands of pages o text, and internal chats and emails by and between fox host producers, and executives, dominion now seeks to convince a delaware charge that a jur no longer needs to hear th case, because as a matter of law, there is no work left t be done to decide whether fo the famed dominion on march 21st, both sides will
Anyway is how i would summariz this that s the opening statement i would make to a jury, and by the way, katie, it looks lik it s heading that way. there s a very high bar to bring a defamation case agains a quote unquote public figure, and for good reason, for freedom of speech reasons, but when there is knowledge an malice in your intent, you are not protected. so, the evidence now shows tha everyone at fox knew that th election fraud claims were bs, but they spawn them and told them and they. and what happened? well obviously, you hear dominion, they hurt thei reputation financially it hurt the country more because a mob was assembled an aimed at the capitol and we re still we are still healing from. that looks like this is goin to trial i hope there is some accountability, and maybe, it