The network's lawyers write, as they have before, that Fox was merely relaying inherently newsworthy claims by Trump and his surrogates. Fox "doubled down" on Dominion fraud conspiraciesFox's bold assertion that Dominion will fail to prove any incidents of defamation does not find universal embrace in legal circles. In the new filings, Fox's lawyers are seeking to offer its own context for what played out on the network's shows. But after reviewing the most recent legal filings, Wienner says he believes Fox is in legal trouble. Dobbs left Fox Business in February 2021, the day after Smartmatic sued Fox in a separate $2.7 billion defamation suit.

Source: Fox News January 23, 2023 23:15 UTC