Settlement reached in Dominion v. Fox defamation lawsuit

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Moments ago, a settlement has been reached in the high stakes trial between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News. The settlement totals $787,500,000, according to Dominion attorney Justin Nelson. Fox released a statement saying “[Fox] acknowledge[s] the court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false.” Plus, actor Jake Gyllenhaal joins to discuss a film about the plight of Afghan allies targeted by the Taliban. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is CNN Breaking News.
0:05.9	Welcome to the lead.
0:06.9	We have some breaking news for you.
0:07.9	I'm Jake Tapper.
0:08.9	A moment ago, we learned there is a settlement, a settlement, and in the high stakes trial
0:13.9	between dominion voting systems and Fox.
0:17.5	Dominion was suing Fox for $1.6 billion, saying that the network showed complete and
0:23.5	utter disregard for truth and facts and accuracy when they allowed guests and hosts to push false
0:32.0	conspiracy theories that the 2020 election had been stolen from Donald Trump.
0:36.2	CNN's Oliver Darcy is outside the courthouse in Delaware, Oliver.
0:40.4	What do we know about the settlement?
0:44.0	We know right now the judge just announced actually moments ago, Jake, that this case
0:47.8	has been settled out of court.
0:49.2	We don't know at any details about what happened, but there was this unexplained two-hour delay
0:55.0	in court proceedings.
0:56.3	This settlement really comes right before the clock struck midnight, Jake.
1:01.8	Opening statements were set to begin at 130.
1:04.0	They did not as scheduled, and there was an unexplained delay.
1:07.9	Lawyers were seeing going in and out of court, and now we're getting word from the judge
1:11.5	that this $1.6 billion case has been settled by both the minion voting systems and Fox news.
1:18.2	This, of course, averts a trial that would have been an agonizing process for Fox news.
1:23.1	You would have seen top stars like Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, have to testify along
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