A protester holds a sign outside Fox News headquarters in New York City on March 7. Among those expected to testify at the trial are Fox hosts Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, and Davis ruled Murdoch and his son, Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch, can be forced to testify at trial despite Fox insisting they shouldn’t have to. While Dominion is asking Fox to pay $1.6 billion, that number could ultimately be higher or lower, with Fox already disputing the amount as being unreasonably high. “From a defense lawyer’s perspective,” Geronimo continued, the collection of off-air statements from the Fox staffers “gives me the cold sweats.”Chief CriticFox News has consistently denied the defamation claims, defending the network’s coverage as protected under the First Amendment. Dominion’s Fox case is the first major test of the company’s defamation claims in court, as its other cases remain pending, and Smartmatic’s lawsuit against Fox is moving forward after an appeals court threw out motions to dismiss the litigation in February.

Source: Fox News April 13, 2023 11:58 UTC