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Emails and text messages released as part of a legal filing show that Fox News executives and hosts privately trashed lies pushed by former President Donald Trump and his legal team, but chose not to disclose the truth out of fear of alienating their audience. The lies included a bizarre tale of a rigged election involving voting machine software manipulation “created in Venezuela” by the late Hugo Chavez.
Donald Trump's lawyers have filed a motion in court to block testimony from previous accusers and to ban the infamous 2005 "Access Hollywood" tape from being used in the sexual battery lawsuit filed against him by writer E. Jean Carroll. The tape features Trump boasting about grabbing women, and Carroll is claiming that Trump defamed her by denying her allegations and accusing her of lying. The motion is the latest development in the ongoing legal battle between Carroll and Trump.
On January 6, 2021, supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the US Capitol. According to court filings, Trump attempted to call into Fox News after the attack, but the network refused to put him on air. Fox News host Lou Dobbs opened his show with musings on the election results, asking how Biden had received 15 million more votes than Obama, and saying they did not expect to get an answer to it that night. The House select committee is still investigating the attack, and it remains unclear if they will ever get an answer to the question.
The Justice Department conducted a consensual search of former Vice President Mike Pence's public policy organization, Advancing American Freedom, on Friday. One binder containing three previously redacted documents was taken as part of an ongoing investigation into the Trump administration's activities. Pence has been cooperative and transparent with the authorities and is looking forward to the conclusion of the matter.
The Arizona Court of Appeals has denied Kari Lake's request to set aside the results of the 2022 election for governor, upholding the lower court ruling that Lake had not provided evidence to support her claims. The court noted that Lake's arguments highlighted election-day difficulties, but that her request for relief failed due to lack of evidence. The court's decision is final and cannot be appealed.
Fox News employees have expressed serious concerns about allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, according to a court filing in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network. Internal communications from Fox News employees involved in election coverage reveal that producers, executives and stars of the network knew that the election wasn’t stolen and that many fraud claims were bogus. The filing is part of a larger legal battle between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems, and it remains to be seen how the court will rule on the case.
Fox News has come under fire after damning messages were revealed in a court filing, showing that prominent stars and executives at the network privately ridiculed claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, despite allowing lies about the presidential contest to be promoted on its air. The lawsuit is seeking $1.6 billion in damages from Fox News for defamation, sparking a debate about the role of media outlets in promoting false information. Critics argue that the network should have taken more responsibility for the lies it allowed to be broadcast, while supporters argue that the network should not be held responsible for the opinions of its guests.