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
Acknowledged the falsehoods they shared with their viewers. is anybody who is watching fox going to learn about this? well jake, the dominion team was asked in this short press conference after the settlement was announced. whether there was more to this settlement, will fox anchors have to read statements saying that they misled viewers will there have to be an apology may be coming from rupert murdoch. has rupert murdoch called and apologized. we didn t hear anything from the dominion side as of yet outside the money figure, and we did hear dominion attorney say that money is accountability so unclear whether we re going to get more from from the outside that fox statement you just read , which is basically acknowledges what the court said, which is that they did tell lies on their channel. i also think it s important to keep in mind jake that dominion wasn t the only voting technology companies suing fox news. you also have smartmatic, which has filed two against fox news. for more