One of the most closely watched U.S. media trials in decades kicks off in a Delaware court on Tuesday as Fox Corp and Fox News face a US$1.6 billion defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems over the network's coverage of false claims that the ballot-counter company rigged the 2020 presidential election. Here is a timeline of key events leading up to the trial.
One of the most closely watched U.S. media trials in decades kicks off in a Delaware court on Tuesday as Fox Corp and Fox News face a US$1.6 billion defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems over the network's coverage of false claims that the ballot-counter company rigged the 2020 presidential election.-- Just before midnight on Election Day, Fox becomes the first media outlet to call the crucial swing state of Arizona for Democrat Joe Biden, the victor of the 2020 presidential race.
-- A steady stream of audits and investigations by election authorities finds no evidence of vote-tampering, and Dominion demands Fox retract its coverage multiple times.-- Powell and Rudy Giuliani, another former Trump attorney and vocal booster of election conspiracy theories, repeatedly appear on Fox to spread their false claims.-- Dominion sues Fox News in Delaware Superior Court. The company would separately sue Fox Corp eight months later, and the cases would eventually be consolidated.
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