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
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Mouths of those who have been accused of never having told it. ellie is there any chance that fox would have to admit guilt or make some sort of public apology? as part of this deal that can absolutely be part of a negotiated settlement agreement ? the reporting has been that dominion was very interested in getting some sort of statement from fox. no matter what, though, jake, i think it s really important to know dominion has done its job here. even with this settlement, what they have done is a valuable public service and a couple respects. first of all, they got a pretrial ruling from the judge that foxes report. was false. the judge found that the evidence here was so strong that as a matter of law, fox s coverage was false. the only disputed evidence was going to be. was it knowingly false? the other thing is dominion by going through the discovery process here has exposed the lies behind foxes reporting because of dominion undertaking this lawsuit. that s why we ve seen sean hann
Back door is capable of flipping votes. another question posed to murdoch, fox business host lou dobbs, his answer, oh, a lot. this president has to take, i believe, drastic action, dramatic action, to make certain that the integrity of this election is understood or lack of it, the crimes that have been committed against him and the american people. what about fox host sean hannity, murdoch s answer, a bit. it will be impossible to ever know the true, fair, accurate election results. in a statement to cnn yesterday, we should note that a fox news spokesperson said, quote, dominion s lawsuit has always been more about what will jep rate headlines than what can with stand legal and factual scrutiny. the network s attorneys are also arguing that fox s coverage was