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Dominion’s C.E.O.: We Settled the Lawsuit Against Fox News, but We’re Not Done Yet Dominion’s C.E.O.: We Settled the Lawsuit Against Fox News, but We’re Not Done Yet
(about 11 hours later)
Vindication. Shame. Triumph. Tragedy. Surrender. These are a few of the characterizations I’ve heard after our recent settlement with Fox News in our historic defamation case against the network for its lies about Dominion Voting Systems and the 2020 election.Vindication. Shame. Triumph. Tragedy. Surrender. These are a few of the characterizations I’ve heard after our recent settlement with Fox News in our historic defamation case against the network for its lies about Dominion Voting Systems and the 2020 election.
The public has complicated feelings about our decision to end this trial before it ever began, and that’s OK. It’s bittersweet for us, too.The public has complicated feelings about our decision to end this trial before it ever began, and that’s OK. It’s bittersweet for us, too.
We’ve seen the havoc that lies create for societies, democracies, businesses and families. Over the past two and a half years, I’ve watched it firsthand. My customers, employees, family and friends face harassment, discrimination and threats to this day.We’ve seen the havoc that lies create for societies, democracies, businesses and families. Over the past two and a half years, I’ve watched it firsthand. My customers, employees, family and friends face harassment, discrimination and threats to this day.
But for us at Dominion, when we reflect on the case and its outcome, we think about our first and foremost goal: accountability.But for us at Dominion, when we reflect on the case and its outcome, we think about our first and foremost goal: accountability.
On Tuesday, when we proudly walked into the Delaware Superior Court, we were going to trial. We knew our case was incredibly strong, and I still believe that at the end of the six-week trial, the jury most likely would have agreed.
We had reviewed more than a million internal Fox documents and deposed dozens of people, and Fox’s legal team had reviewed more than a million of ours. Then, in a summary judgment ruling on March 31, the court allowed the case to proceed and dismantled many of Fox’s legal defenses, ruling its claims about Dominion were clearly false and it could not seek refuge in arguments about the lies’ newsworthiness.