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Fox News lawyers justified "outlandish" claims its hosts made about Dominion Voting Systems in a new filing last week in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit.
Attorneys for the conservative network filed sealed motions asking the court to dismiss the case before it goes to trial in April and offering "omitted context" -- which included long-debunked claims -- for remarks by hosts Sean Hannity, Jeanine Pirro, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and their guests, including Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, reported NPR.
"There is not a single statement for which Dominion can prove every element of its claim for defamation," the network's lawyers said.
Fox lawyers brought up since-disproven claims that the use of Sharpie markers in Maricopa County, Arizona, had invalidated Trump votes and allegations of voter fraud in Detroit, and they filed a sworn deposition from an anonymous witness who claims to be a former member of the Venezuelan presidential security team and accused Dominion of committing election fraud in the U.S.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/fox-news-attorneys-defend-outlandish-election-fraud-claims-in-new-legal-filing-in-dominion-case/ar-AA16DVUJ
Doubling down on bullshit.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But all of the statements aired by Fox, taken together, can almost certainly show every element of a claim for defamation. Fox would really like to adjudicate each statement separately while Dominion would like the totality of Fox's statements to be considered.
maxsolomon
(33,440 posts)Especially against seasoned liars/propagandists.
Dominion's got a lot of footage though.