Fox News host Tucker Carlson is supposed to face questions on Friday from Dominion’s lawyers, The New York Times reported, with fellow prime-time star Sean Hannity and former Fox host Lou Dobbs supposed to be deposed next week.
Different top Fox personalities including Jeanine Pirro and Steve Doocy have already met questions from Dominion’s attorneys in the case, according to the Times, and Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and other top editorial leaders at the network are supposed to be deposed in the following weeks as well.
Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit stems from claims made on Fox’s airwaves falsely suggesting it was engaged in fraud throughout the 2020 election.
Dominion’s lawyers have claimed in court filings that Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch and different leaders at Fox Corp. knowingly allowed the network to air false assertions of voter fraud, stating they “decided to promote former President Trump’s narrative after Trump’s condemnation of Fox damaged its stock and viewership.”
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Fox has moved to have the case dismissed on First Amendment grounds, and in June a Delaware Superior Court judge ruled the case against Fox could proceed.
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Two weeks after that, the network declared it had hired Dan Webb, a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, as part of its legal team fighting the lawsuit.
“We are confident we will prevail as freedom of the press is foundational to our democracy and must be protected, in addition to the damages claims being outrageous, unsupported and not rooted in sound financial analysis, serving as nothing more than a flagrant attempt to deter our journalists from doing their jobs,” the network announced in a statement to The Hill on Thursday.
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There has been no discussion of a settlement in the case from either party, the Times reported, stressing the case is probably headed for a jury trial early next year.
Earlier this summer. the Delaware judge, Eric M. Davis, ruled that a separate Dominion case against Fox Corp. could move forward, raising the prospect that Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch will be expelled.
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Smartmatic sued Fox News, Dobbs, Pirro and Maria Bartiromo, as well as guests Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, in a $2.7 billion claim last year.
The Smartmatic case further in the midst of discovery, and Smartmatic attorneys have recently been subpoenaing figures including former Attorney General William Barr and Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel for documents related to their claim.
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