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
Were going to prevail. this is a huge amount of money. they probably already endured quite a bit of attorneys fees. this is about half of the $1.6 billion that they had asked for from the dominion side, saying that money is accountability. but let me tell you the part that made me lean in and that s when they said we re not done yet. there are others who still need accounting. this is not the end of the road, because, remember, it s one thing you were talking about fox news, but there were also people individuals who are also vocalizing similarities. and you asked about whether a precedent was set. you better believe that everyone who is related to this particular news working ization that made these statements knowing later with the consciousness regard also are subject to some of the similar requirements of not shaming someone. and so if this is what fox is willing to do, you can imagine what the individual would need to do. and it seems very clear. i m glad they mentioned because we