Very close to very close to the dictator, chavez, and it was formed in order to fix elections. the company reached out to fox during 2020 in this period, and they did run some sort of post hoc fact checks across three different shows, so we should note that was the response then to try to address it. fox ceo laughlin murdoch reassuring investors saying this case will be, quote, fundamentally different from the dominion case they lost to a degree they ended up having a lost quarter, being under water in profits. smartmatic is seeking even more money, over $2 billion, which is more than dominion asked for and got. whether they get close to that could wipe out a lot more profits at fox. i told you we got a lot going on tonight. i want to return to something about barack obama. including this big interview
U giving us a window into the mind set. i m curious your thoughts on that. i think you re exactly right. it was kind of wild. sometimes when you talk to a subject as a journalist or documentarian, you want to bring things out of them. i want to be clear. he didn t bring up the idea of running for president. when i spoke to him he seemed to have such grand ambitions and a high sense of himself that i brought it up. have you thought about running for president? is that something you would do? he has a very good sense of humor. there was a lot of laughing when we were talking. in this case, he got quite serious and said, it s not something i haven t thought about. but as you say, he quickly catches himself and says, but i ve got a lot of ethics stuff to get through first. part of that is because he was meet with the ethics committee a lot when i was meeting with him. in some cases just before our conversation, the most previous conversation or meeting he had was with ethics. so some of
yeah, and the mob is positioned against the facts. i m running over on time, but in closing, lightning round, was it a debacle or dumpster fire? i m going with mishegoss. do you have the standing? i have the standing to call it an mishegoss. so much yiddish and so much mishegoss. mikkel, thank you. i m going fit in a break. i mentioned this happens to be separate news on the other case against fox and rupert and why they re scared, next. y theyt ethnicity inheritance. nigerian east central from you. benin. my dad s side. it s 30% japanese. thank you, mom. i love how it gives you a little bit of history. yeah! i feel like reading this, like, these are my roots. there s just still so much to discover. now on sale for mother s day.
But i think even that s interesting because i gives you a sense of how much guidance and interaction he s having with the ethics committee, and as we see now, probably for good reason. you have the big tapes at a big time. i m running over, but you spend so much time with pivotal characters. do you think all in people underestimate or overestimate him as he prepares to fight the case? he s probably smarter than people think. he s very confident. he is charming. you can get along with him well enter personally, but i think he has a mountain of inconsistencies and problems he s going to have to explain, and i don t think intelligence and charm can always get you past that. so to answer your question, i don t think it s going to be smooth sailing for santos, but i will say he s not cowering in the corner based on what i ve seen of him. he s a confident person. he s been through this thing before where he s involved with the law and he was able to run