Fox and Dominion settle defamation case for $1.2 billion

Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems leave New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware, US

Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems leave New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware, US Source: AAP / Julio Cortez

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Fox News has settled with Dominion Voting Systems for AU$1.2 billion, averting a trial which had the potential to require its senior executives to testify under oath. Dominion sought AU$2.4 billion in damages from Fox, alleging Fox broadcast false conspiracy theories about its voting equipment.

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