Dominion Voting System’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, pending in Delaware state court, will, I expect, produce the mother of all verdicts. AdvertisementIn my experience, juries don’t take kindly to those who’ve committed defamation, particularly defendants who’ve done so intentionally and maliciously. AdvertisementThat’s where Fox News and its companion Fox Business Network entered the picture. Yet at the same time, according to recent pleadings filed by Dominion in its defamation suit against Fox, the company’s inner circle realized the “stolen” election conspiracy claims were pure fiction. I don’t know whether Dominion will be considered a “public figure,” subject to the higher standard of proof of the Sullivan precedent.

Source: Fox News February 26, 2023 05:08 UTC