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what next plus. All right, on with a show. On Tuesday afternoon, Fox News settled with the

minion voting systems to the tune of $787 million. In a statement, Fox said, we are hopeful that

our decision to resolve this dispute with the minion, amicably, instead of through the acrimony

of a device of trial, allows the country to move forward from these issues. The minion lawyer

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10 days after the 2020 presidential election, the research division at Fox News sent an email

to their bosses. The subject line, Dominion voting systems and criticism, Fact Check.

The Fox News Fact Checkers had come to a clear conclusion about the conspiracy theories surrounding

the minion voting machines. They were, quote, 100 percent false. But then, two days later,

this aired on Fox Business.

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