Fox News and Dominion were about to face off in the media law trial of the century. Then a phone call changed everything.
The voice on the other end asked Roscoe if he would serve as an eleventh-hour mediator in the massive defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News. The start of the trial was hours away, and Dominion planned to force Rupert Murdoch and Tucker Carlson onto the witness stand soon after opening statements, according to people familiar with the matter.
As part of the agreement, Fox also “acknowledged” the court’s finding that it repeatedly aired false claims about Dominion – but notably, Fox wasn’t required to issue an on-air correction or retraction. In the lead up to the last-second deal, attorneys for both Fox News and Dominion were fully expecting a trial. Last week, Dominion had notified Fox News that one of its first witnesses would be Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old Fox Corporation chairman, a person familiar with the matter told CNN.
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