dominion has to prove that fox made statements either with reckless disregard for their truth or actual knowledge of their falsity. usually in these cases, you see a plaintiff who tries to prove that there was reckless disregard about truth. but dominion has come forward with actually evidence that fox made some of these statements knowing that they were false they will be entitled to go to trial. they will get judgment on some of their claims. and the real problem that fox faces going forward is that in many ways this becomes a case that they can t resolve because dominion will be highly motivated to air the evidence in public, to let a jury hear it, to let a jury decide their claims, including those extremely large requests not just for compensatory but for punitive damages too and right behind them is smartmatic, that has almost the identical case they also would like to see go to trial.
of the attorney general s office on numerous occasions. and this is just part and parcel with donald trump in terms of how he s rolled for decades. i think the larger lesson to be drawn from it is how easily corruptible certain people are who exist with him, and how ready they are to do what he wants them to do and i think in all of these cases, one of the things i think prosecutors have to be looking at, and one of the things i hope becomes clear, if these go to trial, is that trump is not an innocent bystander these people aren t telling him what to do, per se, he s the architect. whether it s telling michael cohen to pay hush money or telling his attorneys in georgia to prevent the vote.
they got private attorneys, where is this money coming from? you and i can sit down and have a cup of coffee and talk privately, i have my suspicions, right now who is the source of all this equipment and the private attorneys for all of them? bill, they came from different parts of the country, but coordinated and working together. atlanta, please do not plead this case down, go to trial. bill: wall street journal writes this, is violence by political right deplorable and by the left if is defensible, that is the question to ask, they are talking about this story. do you see a double standard there? yes, i see a double standard. i ve been a civil rights attorney for 45 years, they are not civil rights profesters,
not plead this case down, they could face five to 35 years, this could deter other riots. bill: we heard about cashless bail all over formerly great american citizens. this judge denied bond, what does that tell you about what is happening in atlanta? you have basically a governor who is a republican, attorney general who is republican and they are lowering the boom on a democratic city in atlanta. the judge realized seriousness of the charges, domestic terrorism is not shoplifting, she said, no, these people because of the seriousness of charges, do not deserve jail. bravo for the judge. bill: who provided the equipment? that is the question. bill: that is what you want to know. who provided the equipment?