Fox-Dominion defamation case delayed

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News is expected to begin Tuesday after a one-day delay, which sparked questions of settlement talk. Meanwhile, House Republicans held a field hearing in Manhattan, intensifying their criticism of District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Jim Rutenberg, Daniella Diaz, Glenn Kirschner, Charles Coleman, David Plouffe, Matthew Dowd, and Glenn Rice join.

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0:00.0	Tonight, the start of the $1.6 billion defamation trial against Fox News, it's now just hours
0:08.0	away.
0:09.0	What can we expect when the case begins tomorrow?
0:11.7	Then from lavish trips to a defunct real estate firm, the ethics questions surrounding Supreme
0:17.0	Court justice, Clarence Thomas, are piling up and growing outrage in Kansas City tonight.
0:23.0	After a 16-year-old boy mistakenly went to the wrong door and was shot twice.
0:28.6	The suspect now charged with two felony counts as the 11th hour gets underway on this Monday
0:33.8	night.
0:35.6	Good evening, once again, I'm Stephanie Rule.
0:43.6	We begin this evening in the state of Delaware, where the Dominion Fox News defamation trial
0:48.1	is expected to begin tomorrow.
0:50.2	The trial was supposed to begin today, but the judge delayed the proceeding with no explanation.
0:55.4	There were several reports about a potential settlement, but New York Times political reporter
0:59.6	who has been all over this case, Jeremy Peters, is skeptical about that.
1:05.2	Dominion is really just saying, okay, fine, we will put a good faith effort toward talking
1:12.4	about a deal, even if we don't think there is one to be had.
1:17.0	But I really do believe that, you know, if this could have been settled, it would have
1:21.8	been settled months ago.
1:25.4	The lawyers for both sides declined to comment on what caused the delay.
1:29.0	Meanwhile, right here in New York City, Trump's political allies in Congress held a field
1:33.8	hearing taking aim at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's approach to crime.
1:39.1	Democrats were quick to call out the motivation behind the hearing.
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