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
So, when, and is there a chance ? we ll never know. there is a chance. we ll never know jake. that s really part of this settlement itself. as you said, it s quite common for litigants , including fox news to have as part of the settlement agreement of confidentiality agreement around it, saying, no, neither side can disclose the number. of course, we re all very interested to know the number here. the reason that fox settles the reason any party settles is because jury trials are inherently unpredep. doble. there is inherently an element of risk here. and i think from fox s point of view, i m you know, we ll see what the price tag is here. if i had to guess i would guess it s quite hefty because they were looking at major problems. first of all. they could get hit with an enormous verdict. if this went all the way through to a jury verdict, given the strength of the evidence against them. the second thing is they were looking at a potentially disastrous spectacle where they re leading