Judge Places Limits On Fox And Dominion Evidence At Upcoming Trial; Restricts References To January 6th Capitol Attack And Death Threats, Warns Network Of Use Of “Newsworthiness” As A Defense
deadline.comAs Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News heads to a trial next week, the judge in the case placed limits on what attorneys can and cannot bring up before the jury.
Judge Eric M. Davis said that he would restrict references to the January 6th attack on the Capitol, saying that they would be prejudicial and were not relevant to the case. “Stay far away from it,” he told attorneys at a pre-trial hearing on Tuesday.
Dominion’s attorneys argued that the references were important because of messages showing that, after the attack on the Capitol, Fox executives wanted to “pivot” away from Donald Trump’s stolen election claims.
But Davis said that attorneys could still question a figure like Rupert Murdoch more generally on why the network wanted to veer away from Donald Trump and his vote rigging allegations.
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