1 UNITED STATES
Fox-Dominion trial delayed amid settlement reports
The trial in the closely watched $1.6bn defamation lawsuit between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox was due to begin on Tuesday this week, a day later than scheduled, the judge overseeing the case announced amid reports of settlement talks.
Eric Davis, the Delaware superior court judge overseeing the case, did not say why the trial was being delayed. The Wall Street Journal reported that Fox had made a late push to settle the case out of court. A settlement could theoretically come at any time.
Dominion is asking a Delaware jury to award damages because it says Fox knowingly or recklessly disregarded the truth when it broadcast outlandish lies about its voting equipment.
Dominion’s case, experts say, is strong. Dominion has produced a trove of internal communications from Fox employees showing they knew what they were broadcasting was false.
The trial has been expected to be a blockbuster, with top Fox executives Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch expected to testify in person, along with top Fox hosts Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro.
2 EUROPEAN UNION
Threefold increase in Mediterranean crossings
Three times as many people sought to reach the European Union across the Mediterranean in the first three months of 2023 compared with a year before, the bloc’s border agency has said, as the UN’s migration arm decried the deadliest
