Fox News settles blockbuster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems

Dominion Voting Systems CEO John Poulos, third from right leaves with members of his legal team, including Davida Brook, left, Justin Nelson, third from left and Stephen Shackelford, right from the Leonard Williams Justice Center shortly after Dominion reached a $787.5 million settlement with Fox News.

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Fox News and its parent company Fox Corp have struck a deal averting a trialin the blockbuster defamation suit filed by the election-tech company Dominion Voting Systems over spurious claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

Judge Eric M. Davis of the Delaware Superior Court announced the settlement from the bench on Tuesday afternoon ahead of the trial’s scheduled start.

No details of the settlement were immediately available.