Fox News And Venezuelan Businessman Reach Settlement In Defamation Lawsuit Over Election Rigging Claims
deadline.comFox News has reached a settlement with Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil, who filed a defamation lawsuit over a Lou Dobbs tweet and broadcast linking him to rigging the 2020 presidential election.
The lawsuit has been a bit of a sidelight to separate and more widely publicized defamation cases brought against the network by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, after hosts and guests amplified claims that the companies were involved in voter fraud.
Jury selection in the Dominion case is scheduled to start this week. “The parties are pleased to jointly inform the court that they have reached a confidential agreement to resolve this matter,” attorneys for Khalil and the network wrote in a filing to U.S.
District Judge Louis Stanton. “The parties anticipate filing a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice early next week.” Dobbs and Fox Corp.
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