Rupert Murdoch deposition in Dominion-Fox lawsuit delayed until next week

Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch is present slated to look for a deposition aboriginal successful January arsenic portion of Dominion Voting's defamation suit against the institution and its cablegram quality networks.

The deposition is acceptable to hap Thursday and Friday adjacent week, according to tribunal filings. Murdoch had initially been scheduled to look for a deposition successful December via video call, but he's present acceptable for an in-person questioning connected the Fox Studio batch successful Los Angeles, according to a idiosyncratic acquainted with the matter. The idiosyncratic declined to beryllium named due to the fact that they are not authorized to sermon the substance publicly.

Most recently, his lad and Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch faced questioning arsenic portion of the lawsuit.

Dominion has brought a $1.6 cardinal suit against Fox, arguing that Fox News and Fox Business made mendacious claims that its voting machines were rigged successful the 2020 statesmanlike predetermination betwixt Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

A typical for Dominion didn't instantly respond to remark connected Fridat. Fox didn't remark beyond the tribunal filing, and has vigorously denied the claims.

The Murdochs are the highest-ranking Fox officials to look questioning. Last June, a Delaware justice overseeing the lawsuit ruled that Dominion's suit could beryllium expanded beyond the cablegram TV networks to see their genitor company, meaning Fox Corp.'s highest executives could beryllium called for depositions. Dominion has argued the genitor institution and its apical executives played a relation successful the dispersed of misinformation astir elector fraud by Fox's hosts.

Last year, Fox's TV personalities specified arsenic Maria Bartiromo, Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson appeared for depositions.

Hannity admitted helium didn't judge Dominion cheated Trump successful the statesmanlike election, according to statements that emerged during a Delaware Superior Court proceeding and were reported by NPR successful December. The reported connection differs from the claims made connected Hannity's amusement pursuing the election.

Otherwise, the depositions and documents collected during the find process stay private.

Dominion is connected the hook to beryllium to a assemblage that Fox and its TV hosts acted with existent malice, meaning they knew they were reporting mendacious accusation but did it anyway, oregon purposely disregarded accusation that proved their reporting was inaccurate.

The suit is being intimately followed by First Amendment experts and advocates. While libel lawsuits are usually centered astir 1 falsehood, Dominion cites a lengthy database of examples of Fox TV hosts making mendacious claims adjacent aft they were shown to beryllium untrue. Media companies are often broadly protected by the First Amendment.

The tribunal has denied Fox's requests to disregard the case. The proceedings is acceptable to statesman connected April 17, with pre-trial conferences successful the days prior, according to tribunal filings. Neither broadside has shown signs of entering colony talks.