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
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
Lester s phone is now subject to monitoring and it is not clear at this point jake whether lester is going to appear in court for an initial hearing were obviously trying to continue to speak to the legal representation of what lester in terms of the charges that he s facing. we know that he is. this is five days after he allegedly opened fire on this teenager for showing up at the wrong address. he is apparently facing two charges he could be if convicted on those charges. facing life behind bars. we know that he has been accused of shooting ralph ural through a glass storm door with a 32 caliber revolver, according to a probable cause statement that cnn obtained. lester told investigators that he was in bed. that night on april 14th when he heard the doorbell ring. he apparently grabbed this weapon walked up to the door, he said after opening him the main door, he quote saw a black male, approximately six ft. tall and he believed someone was attempting to break into the house and sho
Anything. this is even outside of the court of public opinion, and we ve seen a lot with all the things that would have been entered into evidence. text messages, confirmation that what they believed was very in contrast to what they actually said on air, but the second, the judge said, look, you re not going to be able to cloak yourself in the first amendment and tell this jury that everything you ever say is protected speech. without consequence at all that was really the probably the beginning of these serious settlement discussions because then the leverage and the power dynamic. instantly shifted in favor of dominion. because then they all they had to prove. jake was not that what you said was false check. they ve already determined that but instead that you had either actual malice meaning you know what you said was false or you had every reason to believe that what you were saying response. and you said it anyway. and finally, you also have the notion here that you can t do a cl
There were obviously they did settle, so there must have been settlement talks. we know that rupert murdoch s wall street journal reported on sunday evening. there was a late push by fox to settle this case, and that was matched by a few other outlets, but the jury selection did resume earlier today, and they did get sworn in by the judge. and so it looked. you know, like this trial was going to happen, and people were, you know, going into court earlier at 1 30 for opening statements. there was that unexpected delay. we did see our cnn s marshal cohen in court. he saw a fox lawyer, take out a piece of paper and show it to dominion lawyer. then they went outside the courtroom. it was unclear what was discussed. but it seems right now, given the news that they were talking about a settlement, and that has been reached, really averting a really excruciating process for fox news that was set to take place here in wilmington, delaware. over the next six weeks. jake and oliver, i can t help