A judge said Fox lawyers previously 'represented to him more than once' that Murdoch was not an officer for the cable network. Such information 'could have' led him to make different rulings, he said.
Rupert Murdoch introduces then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the Herman Kahn Award Gala on Oct. 30, 2019, in New York. Attorneys defending Fox in a defamation case related to false claims about the 2020 election withheld critical information about the role company founder Murdoch played at Fox News, a revelation that angered the judge when it came up at a hearing Tuesday, April 11, 2023.
Nevertheless, the judge's comments Tuesday mark the second time in weeks that questions arose about the credibility of Fox attorneys. Last month, former Fox producer Abby Grossberg As a result, Dominion's attorneys are"missing a whole bunch of Rupert Murdoch documents that we otherwise would be entitled to," Nelson claimed.
Davis made clear his opinion that the cable network could be held liable for the billion-dollar claim even though its hosts were often not those who uttered the defamatory statements.
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